The "Big Mercedes" 1937 by Walter Gotschke

The Big Mercedes 1937 by Walter Gotschke

The "Big Mercedes" 1937

Walter Gotschke

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Title

The "Big Mercedes" 1937

 
Artist
Year
c. 1960  
Technique
color woodengraving 
Image Size
8 7/8 x 15 5/16" image size 
Signature
unsigned 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
typeset title beneath image in lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
heavy, smooth wove 
State
published 
Publisher
Mercedes Benz (serial number 0655 H) 
Inventory ID
23558 
Price
$100.00 
Description

This color woodengraving was part of a portfolio of six classic car images engraved by Walter Gotschke, commissioned by Mercedes Benz in the 1960s and printed in West Germany. Each portfolio came with a perforated sheet of cards with identifying information on each car to paste on the back of the frame. The cover page read:

"The history of Daimler-Benz is the history of the Automobile. It began with the high speed Daimler engine completed in 1883 and/ the Daimler and Benz cars of 1886. In almost 75 years since those exciting first steps to motoring, Daimler-Benz has produced many/ types of production and racing cars. In their day, all have been acclaimed leaders in technical development and styling and all/ are milestones on the road of progress in automobile engineering to the superb motor car of today. The pages of this folder/ illustrate some of the landmarks in the history of the world's oldest automobile manufacturers: Benz "Velo" 1894, "Mercedes" 1902,/ Mercedes-Benz Type "K" 1927, Mercedes-Benz Supercharged Sports car 1928, Mercedes-Benz "Mannheim Sport 370 S" 1930, The "Big Mercedes" 1937. This review of the past is not solely of informative nature, but a true work of art. The illustrations are wood/ engravings. This art, mastered by very few today, was developed around 1800. Before that, over 1000 years ago the Chinese had/ developed the art of wood-cuts which lent themselves to impressive illustrations but lacked the fine detail of wood engravings."

 
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