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JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)

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ID 1105239
Lot 97 | JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)

Set of Three Panels from the 'Birth of Aphrodite' Mural from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934

executed by Jacques Charles Champigneulle, Paris

verre églomisé, pegamoid backing

48 ¾ in. (123.8 cm) high, 66 5⁄8 in. (169.2 cm) wide (overall)

inscribed on the reverse AS AFT Row 2 #10 (left), 35A AS AFT Row 2 #9 (middle) and 36A AS AFT Row 2 #8 (right)





Provenance

S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1934 until sold by United States Appraisers Stores, New York, 1942

Private Collection

Acquired by the present owner, 1978



Literature

L. Reade, "The French Line Quadruple-screw Turbo-electric North Atlantic Steamship: Normandie", Ocean Liners of the Past: No. 5 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder', Greenwich, 1970, pp. 119, fig. 5 and 6, and pl. XI (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)

W. H. Miller, Jr., The Great Luxury Liners 1927-1954: A Photographic Record, New York, 1981, p. 53 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)

B. Foucart, et. al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 56, 66-67 and 70 (for a discussion of the Jean Dupas panels on the S.S. Normandie), 68-69 (for a drawing of the Grand Salon), 70-71 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 72 (for a cartoon of the ‘The Birth of Aphrodite’ mural), 127 (for a period photograph of entertainers in the Grand Salon with the ‘The Birth of Aphrodite’ mural visible)

Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, exh. cat., Suntory Museum, Osaka, 1996, pp. 66 and 69 (for a discussion of the Jean Dupas panels on the S.S. Normandie); 71, no. 64 and P29

J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France’s Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 76, 92-94 (for a discussion of the Jean Dupas panels on the S.S. Normandie), 119 (for a period photograph of entertainers in the Grand Salon with the ‘The Birth of Aphrodite’ mural visible), 206 (for a period photograph of Raymond-Whitcomb’s exhibition dance team in the Grand Salon with the ‘The Birth of Aphrodite’ mural visible), 249 (for a photo of a miniature model of the Grand Salon with the ‘The Birth of Aphrodite’ mural visible)

J. Goss, French Art Deco, New York, 2014, pp. 91-91 (for a discussion of the Jean Dupas panels on the S.S. Normandie)

D. Finamore and G. Wood, eds., Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style, exh. cat., Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2017, pp. 20, fig. 7 (for an illustration of the Grand Salon); 135 (for a discussion of the Jean Dupas panels on the S.S. Normandie)
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