Future Retro.Future Retro MFA See multifactor authentication. Publications 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115 www.mfa-publications.org 0878466894 $19.95 1-800-338-2665 The drawings comprising Future Retro: Selected From The Jean S. And Frederic A. Sharf Collection consider a fine era of American auto design: the 1940s through the 1960s, when the focus was on futuristic fu·tur·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to the future. 2. a. Of, characterized by, or expressing a vision of the future: futuristic decor. b. vehicles from Detroit. Over fifty color drawings--many seeing print here for the first time, so don't anticipate repeat performances--capture futuristic, retro and sometimes downright down·right adj. 1. Thoroughgoing; unequivocal: a downright lie. 2. Forthright; candid. adv. Thoroughly; absolutely. odd vehicles pack a presentation inspired by an exhibition currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. in Boston. All the drawings are from the collection of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, are presented in full-page color, and capture some of the ground-breaking dreams of auto design of the era. A 'must' for car fans and students of Americana. |
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