Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 13 objects tagged cars.

Poster for concert on July 31, 1994, at the Astroarena. Six color screenprint: on top of background of blue and orange vertical stripes, illustration of a red and purple racing car whose front end is rearing up, forming an image of an open, fanged jaw with forked tongue emerging. Headline is inset in black oval on top third of sheet: THE COWBOYS FROM HELL! / PANTERA / SEPULTURA / PRONG; lower section: ASTROARENA / ALL TICKETS AT TICKETMASTERS / CHARGE BY PHONE 713 629 3700 SUNDAY / JULY 31.

Poster, Pantera Sepultura Prong, 1994
color screenprint on paper.
Gift of Lee Bolton.
1995-21-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Book, American Automotive Club of Europe Year-book, October 1929
screenprint and letterpress on paper; cover in silver-coated corrugated....
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-41-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

In green, blue, white, and black, a collage of several transparent images: a car speeding, motorcycle headlights, nighttime road. Inscriptions: at mid-left, "Di-Fr 10-18 Uhr, Mi 10-21 Uhr / Sa/So 10-17 Uhr, Mo geschlossen / 13. Mai Pfingstsamstag 10-17 Uhr / 14. Mai Pfingstsonntag geschlossen / 15. Mai Pfingstmontag10-17 Uhr", on diagonal at upper left: "10. Mai bis 16. Juli 1989", on diagonal upper right: "Project Fotographie nach 150 Jahren", the title at mid-left: "vision / foto", all in white. Followed by further inscriptions in red, at center bottom: "Austellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zurich", and at lower right: "Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich".

Poster, Foto/Vision: Projekt Fotographie nach 150 Jahren, 1988
screenprint on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-37

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Photograph of a car’s tire while driving. Yellow text below.

Poster, The Automobile, 1972
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1991-69-126

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster, Signs That Say Safe Driving..., ca. 1966
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

War Rug (Afghanistan), 1990–2000
wool.
Gift of Max Allen.
2009-5-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Small scale representations of designs to be printed as large scale murals: overscale weeds, geometricized flowers, building facades, sun face, Oriental carpet, letter forms, linear composition suggesting landscape, eagle, playing cards, trees, 1920s fashion models, antique automobiles. The titles include: "Ode to a Wild Carrot", "Memento of a Summer Past", "Around the Corner on 8th Street", "Hyperion", "Abracadabra", "Writing on the Wall", "A Gentle Pleasure-Roaming in Indiana", "Nighthawk", "Mississippi", "Beyond the Path-You Can See the Sky", "Age of Innocence", and "Memorabilia".

Sample Book, Environment 15, 1966
screen printed on muslin tapestry and paper.
Gift of The Jack Denst Designs, Inc..
1969-95-1-1/52

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 13 images of this object.

Length of printed cotton with brightly colored cars and trucks on a white ground.

Textile, Bo Boo, 1975
cotton.
Gift of Marimekko, Inc..
1979-89-13

This object was made by Marimekko Oy.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Landscape frieze, containing two separate borders on top and bottom. The top border is mainly a landscape design with trees in foreground, hills in background, with meandering river running amidst peninsulas. The bottom frieze contains a boat in the river and an automobile in the foreground, with an airplane flying overhead. Printed in greens, browns, and red on tan ground.

Frieze (USA), 1905–1915
machine-printed paper.
Gift of Victorian Collectibles.
1979-91-437

This object was made by Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Children or teens' paper. Scenes of teenagers driving cars, playing records, or building in red, turquoise, orange, and white on beige ground.

Sidewall, Teen Time, 1952
machine-printed on paper.
Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz.
1991-89-170

This object was made by Muralia and Ronkonkoma Wall Paper Corporation.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Image of three-quarter view of classic two door race car with flame motif across side in mostly brown. Mix of red, yellow, orange, green streaks as background. Text in white across top and lower left side. Blue stamp mark at lower right corner.

Poster, Rocket From the Krypt: Khyber Pass, 1993
screen print support: paper.
Gift of Marcus Durant.
1995-159-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Photograph of a man who just dove into water. Upper margin has five photographs of streamlined modes of transportation: a train, motorcycle, a car, a mobile home, and a blimp. In center: 23. Mai-2. August 1992 / Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich / STROMLINIENFORM / Streamline / Aerodynamisme / Aerodinamismo.

Poster, Stromlinenform, 1992
offset lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-113

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Oblong, curved corners, featuring raised decoration of male in suit and cap driving motor car with spoked wheels down country road, grassy hill, wooden fence and tree in background, as well as patch of grass in foreground. Some clouds evident on lid. Reverse features inscription WH, Nov.22, 1902. Lid hinged on side. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.

Motor Car Matchsafe, ca. 1902
silver.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1980-14-97

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.