print email comment close Drawing Power: Motor City Ad Art in the Age of Muscle & Chrome URL: http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/drawingpower/ Description: This exhibit features mid-20th century automobile commercial art from Detroit advertising studios such as "McNamara Associates, Skidmore Sahratian, and Graphic House [which] thrived in close proximity to automotive executives and the advertising agencies that coordinated their publicity campaigns." Exhibit sections cover pre-World War II illustration, artists' samples, studio life, process, photography and realism, and diversity of potential buyers (such as youth and women). From the Detroit Public Library. Publisher: Detroit Public Library Extra Keywords Michigan LII Database Information: Record 27610 created by Jennifer English on 12/23/2008 Last modification on 05/21/2009 Published: 06/10/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27610