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JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)

Lot 244
07.06.2022 11:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 244 | JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
Estimate value
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JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)

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)
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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