Playboy | Syd Mead The New Urban Car Drawing
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Syd Mead (American, 1933-2019) watercolor and gouache drawing appearing in the May 1970 issue of Playboy Magazine on pp. 142-143, illustrating an article titled "The New Urban Car," and captioned," An imaginatively utile alternative to today's space-gobbling, pollution-belching personal vehicles."
Sight: 15.5 x 23 inches; Framed: 25 x 31.25 inches
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The New York Times' obituary of Mead reads," In a wide-ranging career, he designed cars, restaurants and, most notably, the otherworldly look of science-fiction movies...like Blade Runner, Tron, and Aliens."
Sight: 15.5 x 23 inches; Framed: 25 x 31.25 inches
PROVENANCE Property From the Playboy Archives
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Playboy | Syd Mead The New Urban Car Drawing
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