Lot 244 THE MIOTTEL MUSEUM: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE S.S. NORMANDIE

JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)

Two Panels from the Mural 'The Rape of Europa' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934

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JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
Two Panels from the Mural 'The Rape of Europa' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934
executed by Jacques Charles Champigneulle, Paris
verre églomisé, pegamoid backing
flat panel: 48 3⁄4 x 31 1⁄2 in. (123.8 x 80 cm) (unframed)
curved panel: 48 3⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 in. (123.8 x 26.7 cm) (unframed)
flat panel inscribed 2nd Row S-F #11, curved panel inscribed 2nd Row S-F #12

S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 13 December 1996, lot 179
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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. 5 and 6, and pl. XI (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 123, fig. 17 (present lot illustrated)
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 70-71 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 72 (for a cartoon of the mural)
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 66 (for an illustration of the Grand Salon), 67, no. P27 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 92, 206, 215, 221, 249 (for period photographs of the Grand Salon)
J. Goss, French Art Deco, New York, 2014, p. 92 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)
F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, p. 165 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)

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JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)

Two Panels from the Mural 'The Rape of Europa' from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934

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