Property from a California Collection
Jean-Théodore Dupas
Panel from "The Birth of Aphrodite" Mural from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie
Auction Closed
December 8, 09:48 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a California Collection
Jean-Théodore Dupas
Panel from "The Birth of Aphrodite" Mural from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie
circa 1934
verre églomisé
51¼ x 36 x 1½ in. (130.2 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm), framed
Marco Behar, New York, circa 1950s
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
The Normandie: Floating Art Deco Palace, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, January 15-March 14, 1993
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 (for the cartoon of the mural)
Louis-Rene Vian, Arts Décoratifs À Bord des Paquebots Français 1880-1960, Paris, 1992, pp. 192-195
John Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Oceanliner, New York, 2007, pp. 92-93, 206 and 245
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 (for the cartoon of the mural)
Louis-Rene Vian, Arts Décoratifs À Bord des Paquebots Français 1880-1960, Paris, 1992, pp. 192-195
John Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Oceanliner, New York, 2007, pp. 92-93, 206 and 245
Sotheby's would like to thank Romain Lefebvre for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
