ID 778883
Lot 249 | EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) AND GEORGES BASTARD (1881-1939)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
Pair of Vases (Large Model) for the Public Rooms of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1935-1939
chromed metal
13 1⁄2 x 5 3⁄8 x 5 3⁄8 in. (34.3 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm)
each impressed G. BASTARD and E. BRANDT and with the monogram of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT)
Provenance
S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
Literature
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, 1985, p. 105 (for a period photograph of the Jumièges Suite)
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 76 and 77 (for a period photograph of the Entrance Hall)
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, International Airport SFO Museum, S.S. Normandie, May 2004 - January 2005, no. 93 (one vase)
Salem, Massachusetts, Peabody Essex Museum, Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style, May 2017 - October 2017, p. 204, no. 167 (one vase)
London, England, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ocean liners: Glamour, Speed and Style, February 2018 - June 2018, p. 204, no. 167 (one vase)
Post lot text
Christie's would like to thank Joan Kahr for her assistance with the authentication and cataloguing of this lot.
| Artist: | Edgar Brandt (1880 - 1960) Georges Bastard (1881 - 1939) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
| Artist: | Edgar Brandt (1880 - 1960) Georges Bastard (1881 - 1939) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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