Lot Essay
The present lot is a reduced scale version of the panel executed by Dunand for the Smoking Room of the S.S. Normandie.
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THE MIOTTEL MUSEUM: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE S.S. NORMANDIE
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
'La Pêche' Panel, circa 1934
Details
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
'La Pêche' Panel, circa 1934
lacquered wood, gold leaf
24 1⁄8 x 22 3⁄8 in. (61.3 x 56.8 cm) (unframed)
'La Pêche' Panel, circa 1934
lacquered wood, gold leaf
24 1⁄8 x 22 3⁄8 in. (61.3 x 56.8 cm) (unframed)
Provenance
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 9 December 2003, lot 84
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Christie's, New York, 9 December 2003, lot 84
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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. 8, 120, fig. 9 (for a period photograph of the Smoking Room)
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 78, 81 (for a period photograph of the Smoking Room on the S.S. Normandie)
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, 1991, pp. 159, pl. 154 and 316, cat. no. 1101
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 62-63
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 97, 220 (for period photographs of the Smoking Room)
F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, pp. 158, 278, no. 290-291
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 78, 81 (for a period photograph of the Smoking Room on the S.S. Normandie)
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, 1991, pp. 159, pl. 154 and 316, cat. no. 1101
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 62-63
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 97, 220 (for period photographs of the Smoking Room)
F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, pp. 158, 278, no. 290-291
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