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Peter Brock, now a world renowned automotive designer, met illustrative artist, George Bartell, when they both attended Art Center College of Design in the mid 50s. Years later when Brock was creating Cobra ads for Shelby American and had no cars to photograph, hiring Bartell to create cars via his artwork was the answer.
Between 1963 and '67, Bartell created stunning oil paintings and water colors of various Cobras that were extensively reproduced in ads, posters, race programs, and other promotional materials. Those ads became iconic symbols of that era.
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