Lot 47
47
'LA CHASSE', A FINE LACQUERED AND GILDED PANEL
'LA CHASSE', A FINE LACQUERED AND GILDED PANEL

JEAN DUNAND, CIRCA 1934

Details
'LA CHASSE', A FINE LACQUERED AND GILDED PANEL
Jean Dunand, circa 1934
Rectangular, depicting a hunter and hound within a tropical forest with gazelles, foxes and three marabouts on the banks of a small pond, all on a gilded ground, signed l/l JEAN DUNAND
67 x 56 x 1¼in. (170.2 x 142.3 x 3cm.)

Lot Essay

cf. Bruno Foucart, Normandie: Queen of the Seas, 1985, p. 79 illustrates the entrance for the first-class smoking room of the Normandie which was decorated with a mural, 'La Chasse', of which this panel is a slight variant. Dunand's interpretation of the original work, which was executed on a smaller scale, exemplifies his superb application of the lacquer technique and his fascination with various cultures.