1929 Cord L-29 Cabriolet, Collection of Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum;
1930 Henderson KJ Streamline, Collection of Frank Westfall;
1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster, Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust;
1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan, Collection of Academy of Art University Automobile Museum, San Francisco;
1934 Bugatti Type 46 Superprofile Coupe, Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin;
1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™, Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan;
1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Sport Coupe by LeBaron, Collection of Robert and Sandra Bahre;
1934 Voisin Type C27 Aérosport Coupe, Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin; 1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe, Collection of John and Lynn Heimerl, Suffolk, VA;
1936 Cord 810 Beverly Sedan, Collection of Richard and Debbie Fass;
1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe, Collection of Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection;
1936 Stout Scarab, Collection of Larry Smith;
1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster, Courtesy of The Revs Institute for Automotive Research @ the Collier Collection;
1938 Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet “Xenia” Coupe, Collection of Peter Mullin Automotive Museum Foundation;
1938 Talbot-Lago T-150C-SS Teardrop Coupe, Collection of J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
1938 Tatra T97, Collection of Lane Motor Museum;
1939 Bugatti Type 57C by Vanvooren, Collection of Margie and Robert E. Petersen, Courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, 1925.34;
1939 Delage D8-120S Saoutchik Cabriolet, Collection of John W. Rich, Jr.;
1940 Indian Chief, Collection of Gary Sanford;
1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt, Collection of Chrysler Group, LLC.
Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles is an exhibition of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States.
Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, this exhibition will feature spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and ‘40s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AUTOMOBILES IN THE EXHIBITION:
- 1929 Cord L-29 Cabriolet
- 1929 Bugatti Type 46 Semi-profile Coupe
- 1930 Henderson KJ Streamline
- 1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster
- 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan
- 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™
- 1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Sport Coupe by LeBaron
- 1934 Voisin Type C27 Aérosport Coupe
- 1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe
- 1936 Cord 810 “Armchair” Beverly Sedan
- 1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe
- 1936 Stout Scarab
- 1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster
- 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet “Xenia” Coupe
- 1938 Talbot-Lago T-150C-SS Teardrop Coupe
- 1938 Tatra T97
- 1939 Bugatti Type 57C by Vanvooren
- 1939 Delage D8-120S Saoutchik Cabriolet
- 1940 Indian Chief
- 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt
Categories: Events & Meetings
June 14th, 2013