Re: Help identifying poster
Posted by Guscha On 2024/4/28 17:15:31
Stefanie, welcome at PackardInfo.com! 
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Yes, Kevin (Bigkev) and Ernie in Arizone (Ernie Vitucci) are right and Joe (58survivor) probably nailed it. Unusual but at least the Packard of the late 1920s is recognizable. The Packard Motor Car Company's marketing department looked for similes to illustrate the unsurpassed smoothness of Packard engines as part of a "Smooth & Silence" campaign. -> Velvety tiger paws or a barely perceptible indigenous man observing the scene from behind cover seemed to be credible analogies.
The 1927 Saturday Evening Post newspaper ad shown below leads me to believe that a promotional art is based on the painting (, or that the painting is based on a promotional art).
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Art Print_ Native Packard, 18x12in_.jpeg (30.26 KB)
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The painting style look a little more rustic then the style of illustrations that Packard used in their normal magazine advertising...
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...Car looks like late 20's or 30/31. Ernie in Arizona. Might have been for an add in the Saturday Evening Post or some such high end magazine of the time...
Yes, Kevin (Bigkev) and Ernie in Arizone (Ernie Vitucci) are right and Joe (58survivor) probably nailed it. Unusual but at least the Packard of the late 1920s is recognizable. The Packard Motor Car Company's marketing department looked for similes to illustrate the unsurpassed smoothness of Packard engines as part of a "Smooth & Silence" campaign. -> Velvety tiger paws or a barely perceptible indigenous man observing the scene from behind cover seemed to be credible analogies.
The 1927 Saturday Evening Post newspaper ad shown below leads me to believe that a promotional art is based on the painting (, or that the painting is based on a promotional art).
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