Two polychrome and gold lacquer panels

DESIGNED BY JEAN DUNAND, 1933

Details

Two polychrome and gold lacquer panels
Designed by Jean Dunand, 1933
One depicting the grape harvest, the other the taming of the horse
24 by 22¼in. (61 by 56.5cm.) dimensions each panel
Incised mark Jean Dunand (lower left) (2)

Provenance

Given by Jean Dunand to the head of the French Line in 1933.
Thence by descent.

Lot Essay

Cf: Felix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, London, 1991, p. 316/7, Nos. 1090-1093 and 1094-1097 for illustrations of large scale panels decorating the smoking room of the ocean liner 'Normandie'. The two panels of this lot are the artist's proofs from a group of four made in 1933.

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