Roaring Art, fashion, and the automobile in France, 1918-1939

Book - 2025

"This catalogue explores the role of the automobile as both object and subject in France between the two world wars. It untangles the impact of fashion, interiors, architecture, aviation, and the avant-garde on French automobile design and production. In turn, it highlights the bold, untethered visions of artists like Josephine Baker, Le Corbusier, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, and Jacques-Henri Lartigue who embraced the automobile as a provocative expression of the modern age"--

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exhibition catalogs
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Published
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA : Munich, Germany : Saint Louis Art Museum [2025]
Language
English
Other Authors
Ken Gross, 1941- (contributor), Daniel (Art historian) Marcus
Item Description
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1938, presented at the Saint Louis Art Museum, from April 12, 2025 to July 27, 2025, an exhibition of works of art, design, and film, accompanied by twelve historical automobiles.
Physical Description
207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9783777444581
  • Introduction / Genevieve Cortinovis
  • 1923 Bugatti Type 32 "tank de tours" / Ken Gross
  • 1925 Hispano-Suiza H6B Labourdette Skiff-Torpedo / Ken Gross
  • Closed-body problems : modernism, gender, and the esthétique de l'automobile / Daniel Marcus
  • 1927 Bugatti Type 35B Hellé-Nice Grand Prix / Ken Gross
  • 1928 Citroën B14 Faux Cabriolet / Ken Gross
  • Alfa Romeo, Robert Mallet-Stevens, and the plastic spectacle of the modern showroom / Genevieve Cortinovis / 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Zagato Spider / Ken Gross
  • Slow work in fast times : craft, industry, and technology at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts / Genevieve Cortinovis
  • 1931 Bugatti Type 41 "Royale" Weinberger Cabriolet / KenGross
  • 1936 Le Corbusier Voiture Minimum / Ken Gross
  • Custom coachbuilding in interwar France / Ken Gross
  • 1937 Delahaye 135MS Figoni et Falaschi Competition Court/ Ken Gross
  • Gabriel Voisin: homes, hideaways, and a head in the clouds / Genevieve Cortinovis
  • 1937 Voisin Type C28 Aérosport Coupe / Ken Gross
  • Concours d'élégance: Josephine Baker, fashion, and the automobile / Justice Henderson
  • 1938 Delage D8-1205 Chapron Cabriolet / Ken Gross
  • The elegant racer and her fashion glow / Pierre-Jean Desenmerie
  • 1938 Talbot-Lago T150C SS Figoni et Falaschi Coupe / Ken Gross
  • Liquid sculpture and the senuous machine / Genevieve Cortinovis
  • 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Vanvooren Cabriolet / Ken Gross
  • Mannequins, automobiles, and Salvador Dali's Rainy taxi / Sarah Berg.