"Ballerina in Dressing Room" by Virgil M. Exner, 1957
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Though best remembered for his design work under Harley Earl at General Motors Corporation, at Raymond Loewy's industrial design firm, at Studebaker Corporation, and in Chrysler Corporation's Advanced Styling Studio, Virgil Exner was also an artist at home. He made time for the fine arts, especially while recuperating from a 1956 heart attack. Exner created this expressive pastel in 1957.
Though best remembered for his design work under Harley Earl at General Motors Corporation, at Raymond Loewy's industrial design firm, at Studebaker Corporation, and in Chrysler Corporation's Advanced Styling Studio, Virgil Exner was also an artist at home. He made time for the fine arts, especially while recuperating from a 1956 heart attack. Exner created this expressive pastel in 1957.
Artifact
Pastel (Visual work)
Date Made
1957
Subject Date
1957
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
90.1.1741.24
Credit
From the Collections of the Henry Ford. Gift of Virgil M. Exner, Jr.
Material
Board (Flat object)
Pastels (crayons)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 24 in
Width: 20 in
Inscriptions
lower corner, front: V.M. Exner '57
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