60s Ballon Cordatic Tin Motorcycle
This 1960s Ballon Cordatic Friction Tin Toy was one of my favorite garage sale finds. I paid $3 for it and it sat on my office shelf while I worked on the Kawasaki Motorcycle account at Bozell Worldwide in West Los Angeles, California. The thing I loved most about it was how the paint scraped and the coatings rusted over the years. I tried to capture that feeling as well as the heavy-dot, litho-style printing.
This 1960s Ballon Cordatic Friction Tin Toy was one of my favorite garage sale finds. I paid $3 for it and it sat on my office shelf while I worked on the Kawasaki Motorcycle account at Bozell Worldwide in West Los Angeles, California. The thing I loved most about it was how the paint scraped and the coatings rusted over the years. I tried to capture that feeling as well as the heavy-dot, litho-style printing.
This 1960s Ballon Cordatic Friction Tin Toy was one of my favorite garage sale finds. I paid $3 for it and it sat on my office shelf while I worked on the Kawasaki Motorcycle account at Bozell Worldwide in West Los Angeles, California. The thing I loved most about it was how the paint scraped and the coatings rusted over the years. I tried to capture that feeling as well as the heavy-dot, litho-style printing.
Credits:
Title: “60s Ballon Cordatic Tin Motorcycle”
Artist: Mike Pitzer
Medium: Graphite & Colored Pencil on Paper
Original: One-of-a-kind Artwork
Image Size: 48″ W x 32″ T
Signed & Dated: MPitzer ’25
Series: “Happy Art”
Style: Pop-Realism
