A 'VERRE EGLOMISE' GLASS FRAGMENT FROM 'THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE' MURAL

JEAN DUPAS, THE GLASS EXECUTED BY JACQUES CHARLES CHAMPIGNEULLE FOR THE GRAND LOUNGE OF THE OCEAN LINER 'NORMANDIE', CIRCA 1934

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A 'VERRE EGLOMISE' GLASS FRAGMENT FROM 'THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE' MURAL
Jean Dupas, The Glass Executed by Jacques Charles Champigneulle For the Grand Lounge of the Ocean Liner 'Normandie', Circa 1934
Depicting a detail of a ship's rigging and sail, with waves off to one side
26 x 30in. (66 x 76.2cm.), framed

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cf. Bruno Fourcart et al., Normandie, Queen of the Seas, 1985, p. 72 for an illustration of the cartoon for the glass wall relief of The Birth of Aphrodite, which was situated on the starboard side of the Grand Lounge.

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