"Packard 1904", artwork by the German artist Hans Muth, original lithograph published by Ariel Press, New York, 1968, Printed in Germany. The litho is unframed.

The plate is 9.1/2" x 7" [24.2cm x 17.8cm]; slightly darkened cream color paper, very good condition.

"Hans Albrecht Muth (German, 1935-) was born in Rathenow (Westhavelland district) Brandenburg, Germany in 1935. After WWII, his family moved to the west and after graduating from secondary school in Solingen as a trained toolmaker, he then attended the Werkkunstschule in Wuppertal for two semesters as well as continued his autodidactic training. As a freelance graphic artist and designer, Muth initially worked in automotive advertising and trade press industries illustrating automobile catalogs for Porsche, Mercedes, Opel and VW as well as illustrated several portfolios published through The Ariel Press, London, England. He also drew design proposals for contemporary sports cars for the magazines of one of the largest and best-known publishing houses in Germany, the Motor Presse Verlag, Stuttgart. In 1965, he began his career as a designer at Ford, Germany and two years later he moved to Ford in the USA. Muth returned to Germany in 1968 and was responsible for Ford's future plans. In 1971, he switched to BMW to take on the responsibility for interior and motorcycle design as their chief designer. From 1980-1990, Muth traveled to Japan where he designed cars, cameras, golf clubs, watches and helicopters for ten years. From 1989-1994, he taught as Chairman of Transportation Design at the Art Center College of Design (ACCD) in Switzerland. Today, he works as a design consultant for his own company Muth-Design Consulting, GmbH, Inning am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany."

(Written, compiled & rewritten in parts by Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc., East Aurora, NY, 14052, Sources: linkedin.com, Hans-A. Muth, Design Director bei Muth-Design Consulting GmbH, Inning am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany; Translated from German sources: motorradonline.de, online article, “Interview mit Designer Hans A. Muth zur BMW-Studie Concept Ninety”, by Klaus herder, October 10, 2013; sueddeutsche.de, Süddeutsche Zeitung online newspaper article, “Wir werden langsamer”, by Thies Jonas, May 17, 2010.)

The artwork will be shipped unframed.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ---------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $42.50