[Advertisment design study for Pierce Arrow automobiles showing man talking to three women and a man in car] – Vintage Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic drawing captures [Advertisment design study for Pierce Arrow automobiles showing man talking to three women and a man in car] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This pencil, ink, and watercolor drawing is a study for a Pierce-Arrow advertisement, showing a man speaking with three women and another man seated in a car. Dated to about 1915, it reflects how automakers of the period used illustration to sell cars as symbols of status and social polish rather than simply as transportation. Pierce-Arrow, based in Buffalo, New York, was known for expensive, well-built touring cars aimed at affluent buyers. Preliminary sketches like this one show how artists worked out the composition, poses, and mood before the final advertisement was printed.
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil, ink, and watercolor. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Automobiles |
| Notes | ca. 1915. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,449 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218571 |
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