Property from the Collection of James and Lois Garner
Jean-Théodore Dupas
Two Panels from "The Birth of Aphrodite" Mural from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie
Auction Closed
June 9, 06:24 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of James and Lois Garner
Jean-Théodore Dupas
Two Panels from "The Birth of Aphrodite" Mural from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie
circa 1934
verre églomisé
50⅞ x 34¾ x 2 in. (129.2 x 88.3 x 5.1 cm) each, framed
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-René 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-René 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.
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