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)
'Les Vendanges' Panel, circa 1934
Details
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
'Les Vendanges' Panel, circa 1934
lacquered wood, gold leaf
24 1⁄8 x 22 3⁄8 in. (61.3 x 56.8 cm) (unframed)
signed JEAN DUNAND
'Les Vendanges' Panel, circa 1934
lacquered wood, gold leaf
24 1⁄8 x 22 3⁄8 in. (61.3 x 56.8 cm) (unframed)
signed JEAN DUNAND
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, p. 79
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, pp. 156-157, 317
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 60-61
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. 159, 276-278, no. 281-288
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, p. 79
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, pp. 156-157, 317
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 60-61
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. 159, 276-278, no. 281-288
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, International Airport SFO Museum, S.S. Normandie, May 2004 - January 2005, no. 373
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas