Lot Essay
Another panel of this mural 'The Chariot of Thetis' depicting the head of the Greek goddess Thetis is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (inv. no. 85.270).
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THE MIOTTEL MUSEUM: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE S.S. NORMANDIE
JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
Panel from the Mural 'The Chariot of Thetis' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934
Details
JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
Panel from the Mural 'The Chariot of Thetis' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934
executed by Jacques Charles Champigneulle, Paris
verre églomisé, pegamoid backing
29 5⁄8 x 30 1⁄4 in. (75.2 x 76.8 cm) (unframed)
Panel from the Mural 'The Chariot of Thetis' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934
executed by Jacques Charles Champigneulle, Paris
verre églomisé, pegamoid backing
29 5⁄8 x 30 1⁄4 in. (75.2 x 76.8 cm) (unframed)
Provenance
S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
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. 18 (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), 73 (for a cartoon of the mural)
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), 69, no. 62 (for a panel of The Chariot of Thetis)
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 on the Normandie)
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 70-71 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 73 (for a cartoon of the mural)
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), 69, no. 62 (for a panel of The Chariot of Thetis)
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 on the Normandie)
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, International Airport SFO Museum, S.S. Normandie, May 2004 - January 2005, no. 354
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas