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The Raymond Loewy Lithographs and Seriograph includes seven 21" x 28" lithographs and one 21" x 28" seriograph in a portfolio plus one 18" x 29" lithograph in a separate flat folder. The drawings are of space vehicles and trains. Raymond Loewy was a twentieth century industrial designer whose firm Raymond Loewy Associates worked on many highly visible campaigns for Coca-Cola, Lucky Strike, Studebaker, Exxon, and more.
Raymond Loewy was born in France and immigrated to the United States in 1919. With his company Raymond Loewy Associates, he became a successful industrial designer focusing on package design and branding. Later in his career, Loewy became a consultant for NASA, and developed many designs for space-related vehicles and products.
This collection includes prints of Air Force One, Avanti, E.V.A.: Extra Vehicular Activity, Space Maintenance Taxi, T-1 Locomotive, Hydrofoil, Skylab, and Moonlanding.
Loewy created maquettes for the lithographs. Using the maquettes as a guide, mylar sheets (one for each color), were prepared by Jorge Dumas, under the artist's direction, and then chemically transferred onto emulsion-coated aluminum lithographic plates at the American Atelier in New York City.
Source: “S-1 Locomotive.” Print Art | Limited Runs. Accessed March 24, 2022. https://www.limitedruns.com/original/print-art/industrial_designs/s-1-locomotive-lr018/.
The Raymond Loewy Lithographs and Seriograph include eight lithographs and one serigraph. All items are in a portfolio except one lithograph (the S-1 Steam Locomotive), which is a larger format. This set was issued as a limited edition of 300 copies, including Loewy's signature on each print. This set is #8 of 300. All prints but one were produced at the American Atelier in New York under Loewy's supervision. The print "Moonlanding" is a serigraph and was produced at the Chicago Serigraph Workshop.
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[Identification of item], Raymond Loewy Lithographs and Serigraph, MSS 00443, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Purchase (1999).
Processed by: Hannah Chapman, 2022 March; Finding aid written by: Hannah Chapman, 2022 March; Collection guide updated by: Cathy Dorin-Black, 2026 August
Includes drawings of Air Force One, Avanti, E.V.A.: Extra Vehicular Activity, Space Maintenance Taxi, T-1 Locomotive, Hydrofoil, Skylab, and Moonlanding.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], Raymond Loewy Lithographs and Serigraph, MSS 00443, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.