Art Deco Automobiles Exhibition at Frist Center

1937 Delahaye MS Roadster
1937 Delahaye MS Roadster (photo: Peter Harholdt)

An exhibition of Art Deco automobiles will be displayed at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, from June 14 through September 15, 2013. The exhibition, entitled Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles, will be on view in the Center’s Ingram Gallery.

Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles will feature automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and ‘40s that exemplify the elegance, materials and iconography of motion characterizing vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style.

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