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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
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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