Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles

This is a unique exhibition of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States at the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, this exhibition features spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and 1940s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style.

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1936 Cord 810 “Armchair” Beverly Sedan. Collection of Richard and Debbie Fass.

1938 Tatra T97. Collection of Lane Motor Museum.

1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan. Collection of Academy of Art University Automobile Museum, San Francisco.

1937 Hispano-Suiza Xenia Coupe. Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin.

1940 Indian Chief. Collection of Gary Sanford.

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1930 KJ Henderson Streamline. Collection of Frank Westfall.

1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster. Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust

934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1934 Voisin Type C27 Aérosport Coupe. Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin.

1938 Talbot-Lago T 150C -SS Coupe. Courtesy Bill Marriott.

1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster. Courtesy of The Revs Institute for Automotive Research @ the Collier Collection.

1939 Delage D8-120S Saoutchik Cabriolet. Collection of John W. Rich, Jr.

1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe. Collection of John and Lynn Heimerl, Suffolk, VA

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt. Collection of Chrysler Group, LLC.

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe. Collection of Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection.

Photos: Deadly Tornadoes Batter Mississippi, Georgia, Indiana And Tennessee

Debris lies on yard after a tornado moved through Adairsville, Ga. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A fierce storm system that roared across northwest Georgia has left at least one person dead and a trail of damage that included demolished buildings in downtown Adairsville and vehicles overturned on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta. A tornado touched down in Adairsville, and authorities confirmed that at least one person was killed in the town about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Deadly tornadoes batter Mississippi, Georgia, Indiana and Tennessee on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

The tornadoes damaged buildings, vehiches and trees.

Lots of houses were damaged in Solsberry, Indiana.

At least two people were killed, one in Georgia and the other in Nashville, Tennessee.

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A vehicle lies on a road after a tornado moved through Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A fierce storm system that roared across northwest Georgia has left at least one person dead and a trail of damage that included demolished buildings in downtown Adairsville and vehicles overturned on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Debris lays scattered along the road after a tornado hit in Adairsville, Georgia, January 30, 2012. Tornadoes were reported in four states killing two people including one in Adairsville as an Artic cold front clashed with warm air producing severe weather over a wide swath of the nation. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

A destroyed vehicle lies flipped on one side along the road after a tornado hit in Adairsville, Georgia, January 30, 2012. Tornadoes were reported in four states killing two people including one in Adairsville as an Artic cold front clashed with warm air producing severe weather over a wide swath of the nation. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

The Shanes family searches through debris of their families home after a tornado ripped through early Wednesday morning Jan. 30,2013, destroying several homes and businesses in Coble, Tenn. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)