Advertising with Impact
Datec.1950
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions21 x 27 1/2 in. (53.3 x 69.9 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Hilbert Collection
Object number2018.114
DescriptionWhen Eugene Clay was a child he became fascinated with aviation and especially with old time double wing airplanes. In the 1930's when he was studying art in Claremont, he spent a lot of time visiting a small airport in Pomona where old time crop duster airplanes flew. It was also possible to take flying lessons or pay to take a ride in an open cockpit airplane. Clay flew these planes and also did paintings of them. This is a classic Clay painting depicting a scene where advertisements were being dropped on a Main St. town to advertise an air show that was coming to the area. The flyers let people know they could pay to take a ride in an airplane or just watch the wild stunts they performed including wing walking. On View
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1950s
1952