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Vintage Framed 1.5L 1934 - 1936 Squire Art Print, German Text, Hans Muth

$ 41.18

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Condition: Very Good condition vintage print, framed and matted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany

    Description

    Beautiful vintage 1960's art print of the 1.5L Squire (1935 - 1936; only 7 Squires were made) by renowned automobile and motorcycle artist Hans Muth.  Framed and matted.  Print is 13 1/2" X 9 1/2"; framed it measures 17 1/2" X 13 1/2." Very Good condition, see photos. Frame show some wear from decades of use.
    Hans A. Muth was born in 1935 in Rathenow, Germany. After training as a toolmaker, graphic designer and designer, he first illustrated automotive catalogs for Porsche, Mercedes, Opel and VW. He drew design proposals for contemporary sports cars for the magazines of Motor Presse Verlag. In 1965 he began his career as a designer at Ford, in 1971 he moved to BMW to take over there as head designer, the responsibility for the interior and the motorcycle design.  Today, he trains young artists and designers at the Art Center College of Design in Switzerland.
    Text reads (very approximately):
    The 1.5 liter Squire is built only in very small numbers between 1934 and 1936
    Service.  The more the legend sprouts around this extremely expensive, but technically
    quite conventional cars (solid axles, 1.5 liter Anzani with double cam
    shaft and compressor, 140-160 km / h \.  But also with objective historical
    Looking back remains the impression of a very elegant real sports car with
    excellent driving characteristics.  It was the expression of an aspiration to the highest
    individual refinement for which the
    years offered fewer and fewer opportunities.
    DRAWING: MUTH