Hollywood Car

George von Physter

Created after the artist's drawing "Women in Industry No. 3" which was possibly a preparatory drawing for an early WWII advertising project that never came to fruition (a sign on the car exhorts the public to "Use Horse Sense / Buy War Bonds". In the 1940s during the war, when women went to work in what had traditionally been mens' jobs and the government was advertising the fact but, when the war ended and the men came home the women, for the most part, were let go.

"Hollywood Car" was a collaboration between von Physter and Los Angeles Master Printer Lynton Kistler in 1952, the idea being to print an edition of 50 in an attempt to monetize his drawing from the 40s. The original title no longer applied so the work was likely retitled as a "Hollywood Car" in an attempt to glamorize the image for the public during a period when Hollywood was becoming a more integrated part of American culture. Whether the edition was completed is not known, the image is scarce.