1934 Voisin c27 Aerosport
Page 6 in the Series.
These series of pages represent, in my opinion, the ten most exotic, beautifully styled automobiles of the 1930’s era. The general theme or styling of each car in this series is representative of again, what I feel, as Art Deco styling.
Let me also make it clear that the title of this series “Curves of Steel” is not of my originality but rather, plagiarized from the official catalog produced for the April 2007 automotive exhibit at the Phoenix Museum of Art.
In April of 2007, The Phoenix Art Museum presented 22 streamlined American and European automobiles that demonstrated the intersection of style and aerodynamics in 20th century automotive design. The exhibition was widely celebrated in the media, from The New York Times to Architectural Digest to CBS Sunday Morning, and in virtually every leading automobile magazine.
“Coachbuilt Press" was honored to be selected by the Phoenix Art Museum to create Curves of Steel as the exhibition's premium catalog. The exhibition tracked the evolution of the streamlined shape from the 1930s to the 1990s. Edited and co-written by historian Jonathan A. Stein, Curves of Steel includes essays from many of the world's great automotive writers including Beverly Rae Kimes, Ken Gross, Phil Patton, Richard Adatto and Diana Meredith. Each car is presented with historic images and elegant, modern photographs by Michael Furman”.
The catalog was published as a Limited Edition standard hardbound book. Although now out of print since its museum edition sold out in 2007, this remarkable edition remains available, along with an array of superior quality limited edition prints through COACHBUILT PRESS.
COACHBUILT PRESS-Philadelphia
www.coachbuiltpress.com/bookpage-curves.html
With this clarified, the series being posted on flickr is strictly for non-commercial purpose. The various images (cars) were downloaded from the internet (none of the pictures contained were taken by me). Likewise descriptive text included in each page was, in large part, “copied and pasted” from sources found on the internet (with some editing in part). Where noted, source material has been credited.
The graphical layout for this series was assembled using Adobe In-Design and saved as a pdf document. The images viewed on flickr are “screen shots” taken from the pdf document, imported into Adobe Photoshop and then saved as .jpg images for up-loading to flickr.
Enjoy folks and feel free to offer your choices and/or preferences as to what you may feel as an appropriate candidate for one of the most exotic, beautiful cars of the 30’s. Keep in mind, that I am looking at automotive styling that would typify Art Deco design. You may also feel that one or more of the cars contained in this series should not, in your opinion, be included. In such case, please so indicate along with a brief explanation.
1934 Voisin c27 Aerosport
Page 6 in the Series.
These series of pages represent, in my opinion, the ten most exotic, beautifully styled automobiles of the 1930’s era. The general theme or styling of each car in this series is representative of again, what I feel, as Art Deco styling.
Let me also make it clear that the title of this series “Curves of Steel” is not of my originality but rather, plagiarized from the official catalog produced for the April 2007 automotive exhibit at the Phoenix Museum of Art.
In April of 2007, The Phoenix Art Museum presented 22 streamlined American and European automobiles that demonstrated the intersection of style and aerodynamics in 20th century automotive design. The exhibition was widely celebrated in the media, from The New York Times to Architectural Digest to CBS Sunday Morning, and in virtually every leading automobile magazine.
“Coachbuilt Press" was honored to be selected by the Phoenix Art Museum to create Curves of Steel as the exhibition's premium catalog. The exhibition tracked the evolution of the streamlined shape from the 1930s to the 1990s. Edited and co-written by historian Jonathan A. Stein, Curves of Steel includes essays from many of the world's great automotive writers including Beverly Rae Kimes, Ken Gross, Phil Patton, Richard Adatto and Diana Meredith. Each car is presented with historic images and elegant, modern photographs by Michael Furman”.
The catalog was published as a Limited Edition standard hardbound book. Although now out of print since its museum edition sold out in 2007, this remarkable edition remains available, along with an array of superior quality limited edition prints through COACHBUILT PRESS.
COACHBUILT PRESS-Philadelphia
www.coachbuiltpress.com/bookpage-curves.html
With this clarified, the series being posted on flickr is strictly for non-commercial purpose. The various images (cars) were downloaded from the internet (none of the pictures contained were taken by me). Likewise descriptive text included in each page was, in large part, “copied and pasted” from sources found on the internet (with some editing in part). Where noted, source material has been credited.
The graphical layout for this series was assembled using Adobe In-Design and saved as a pdf document. The images viewed on flickr are “screen shots” taken from the pdf document, imported into Adobe Photoshop and then saved as .jpg images for up-loading to flickr.
Enjoy folks and feel free to offer your choices and/or preferences as to what you may feel as an appropriate candidate for one of the most exotic, beautiful cars of the 30’s. Keep in mind, that I am looking at automotive styling that would typify Art Deco design. You may also feel that one or more of the cars contained in this series should not, in your opinion, be included. In such case, please so indicate along with a brief explanation.