On View Magazine 07-09.2015 | Page 10

T MUSE AKE A TRIP IN STYLE! Norton Museum of Art’s main summer exhibition, Going Places: Transportation Designs from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, focuses on the art of transportation design during the mid-20th century. Avid art collector, Frederic Sharf, whose energy is legendary­ and who is always on the move—has forever — been fascinated by the great speeding up of life that occurred in the middle decades of the 20th century. Transportation is a recurring theme in the Sharf Collection, as Sharf has sought to capture the excitement that accompanied the simple act of getting Burlington Zephyr electric train model; Maker: Western Coil & Electric Company, designed about 1934; manufactured 1ca. 1934V ca. w M a Cast z i n e . c om • Oelectricalecomponents;mMFA,rBoston. Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf. 0 O n – i e 1940; g a aluminum, plastic, c t o b r / D e c e b e 2 0 1 4