ID 778943
Lot 244 | JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
Two Panels from the Mural 'The Rape of Europa' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934
executed by Jacques Charles Champigneulle, Paris
verre églomisé, pegamoid backing
flat panel: 48 3⁄4 x 31 1⁄2 in. (123.8 x 80 cm) (unframed)
curved panel: 48 3⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 in. (123.8 x 26.7 cm) (unframed)
flat panel inscribed 2nd Row S-F #11, curved panel inscribed 2nd Row S-F #12
Provenance
S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 13 December 1996, lot 179
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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, p. 119, fig. 5 and 6, and pl. XI (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 123, fig. 17 (present lot illustrated)
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 70-71 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 72 (for a cartoon of the mural)
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 66 (for an illustration of the Grand Salon), 67, no. P27 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 92, 206, 215, 221, 249 (for period photographs of the Grand Salon)
J. Goss, French Art Deco, New York, 2014, p. 92 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)
F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, p. 165 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)
Exhibited
Salem, Massachusetts, Peabody Essex Museum, Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style, May 2017 - October 2017, p. 21, no. 8 (one panel)
London, England, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ocean liners: Glamour, Speed and Style, February 2018 - June 2018, p. 21, no. 8 (one panel)
| Artist: | Jean Théodore Dupas (1882 - 1964) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Artist: | Jean Théodore Dupas (1882 - 1964) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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