Important Design
Important Design
Property of a Private Collector
Jean-Théodore Dupas
Panel from "The Birth of Aphrodite" Mural from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie
Auction Closed
December 10, 11:19 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Collector
Jean-Théodore Dupas
Panel from "The Birth of Aphrodite" Mural from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie
circa 1934
verre églomisé
51 1/2 x 34 x 1 1/4 in. (130 x 86.3 x 3.5 cm), framed
Christie’s New York, October 3, 1981, lot 348
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Louis Cheronnet, "Normandie," Art et Décoration, July 1935, p. 253
Yvanhoé Rambosson, "Le Paquebot Normandie, Héraut de France," Mobilier et Décoration, July 1935, pp. 267-268
Bruno Foucart, et al., Normandie Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, p. 72
Louis-Rene Vian, Arts Décoratifs À Bord des Paquebots Français 1880-1960, Paris, 1992, pp. 192-199
John Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Oceanliner, New York, 2007, pp. 92-93, 206 and 24
Yvanhoé Rambosson, "Le Paquebot Normandie, Héraut de France," Mobilier et Décoration, July 1935, pp. 267-268
Bruno Foucart, et al., Normandie Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, p. 72
Louis-Rene Vian, Arts Décoratifs À Bord des Paquebots Français 1880-1960, Paris, 1992, pp. 192-199
John Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Oceanliner, New York, 2007, pp. 92-93, 206 and 24
Sotheby's would like to thank Romain Lefebvre for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot, which will be included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Jean-Théodore Dupas.