Pair of Vases (Small Model) for the Deluxe Staterooms of the S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939

Details

EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) AND GEORGES BASTARD (1881-1939)
Pair of Vases (Small Model) for the Deluxe Staterooms of the S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
chromed metal
10 1⁄2 4 1⁄8 x 4 1⁄8 in. (26.7 x 10.5 x 10.5 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

One vase:
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 10 December 1994, lot 461
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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. 94 (one vase)

Further details

Christie's would like to thank Joan Kahr for her assistance with the authentication and cataloguing of this lot.

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Lot Essay

Edgar Brandt and Georges Bastard created this vase for the Deluxe Staterooms on the S.S. Normandie. Two sizes were produced - a larger 13-inch model was for the Public Rooms while the smaller 10-inch models was used in the Delux Staterooms. Each is impressed with the CGT logo of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, otherwise known as the French Line.

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