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THE MIOTTEL MUSEUM: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE S.S. NORMANDIE
JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
Panel from the Mural 'The Rape of Europa' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934
Details
JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
Panel 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
49 x 31 1⁄2 in. (124.5 x 80 cm) (unframed)
inscribed 1st Row S-F #10
Panel 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
49 x 31 1⁄2 in. (124.5 x 80 cm) (unframed)
inscribed 1st Row S-F #10
Provenance
S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
Bizarre Bazaar, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992
Bizarre Bazaar, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992
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), 202 (for a poster for the exhibition of Dupas' cartoons for the Grand Salon at the Galarie Alain Blondel in Paris, 1980)
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)
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), 202 (for a poster for the exhibition of Dupas' cartoons for the Grand Salon at the Galarie Alain Blondel in Paris, 1980)
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
San Francisco, California, International Airport SFO Museum, S.S. Normandie, May 2004 - January 2005, no. 357
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