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 Conquête du cheval' Panel, circa 1934
Details
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
'La Conquête du cheval' 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
'La Conquête du cheval' 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
Provenance
Marc-Arthur Kohn, 8 August 1992, lot 288
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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), 124, fig. 19
Y. Rambosson, "Le Paquebot Normandie: Heraut de France", Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, July 1935, p. 267
"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. 124, fig. 19
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, p. 78
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, pp. 153 and 316
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 64-65
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 95, 97, 220 (for period photographs of the Smoking Room)
F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, pp. 8-9, 156 (for period photograph of the Smoking Room on the Normandie), 157 (for a period photograph of Dunand in his studio in front of the model of La Conquête du cheval), 160 (for a period photograph of the Smoking Room on the Normandie), 275-276, no. 269-278
Y. Rambosson, "Le Paquebot Normandie: Heraut de France", Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, July 1935, p. 267
"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. 124, fig. 19
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, p. 78
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, pp. 153 and 316
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 64-65
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 95, 97, 220 (for period photographs of the Smoking Room)
F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, pp. 8-9, 156 (for period photograph of the Smoking Room on the Normandie), 157 (for a period photograph of Dunand in his studio in front of the model of La Conquête du cheval), 160 (for a period photograph of the Smoking Room on the Normandie), 275-276, no. 269-278
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, International Airport SFO Museum, S.S. Normandie, May 2004 - January 2005, no. 374
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas