RICHARD ARBIB (1917-1995) INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPORTS SHOW. 1952.
22x14 inches, 56x35 1/2 cm, E.J. Warner Poster Corp., New York City.
Condition B+: tear at bottom edge into text; creases and abrasions in margins and image; discoloration along left margin; tabs affixed to verso. Printed on card.
Arbib was an industrial designer with a flair for the modern and futuristic. He is perhaps best known for his 1956 design and implementation of the Astra-Gnome "Time and Space Car," which was featured on the cover of Newsweek on September 3rd of that year. He designed several posters and program covers for this prestigious motor show in Manhattan (this image with slight variations, for example, was also used for the show program cover. An issue which also contains an article Arbib wrote). The Grand Central Palace closed in 1953. a rare and wonderful example of american midcentury modernism.