Auction on
20 February 2021 - 15:00 (CET) -
203, boulevard de Strasbourg - 76600 Le Havre
Eighteen monumental lacquer wall panels made by an extraordinary artist for the smoking room of the Normandie will soon go under the hammer in Le Havre.
Jean Dunand (1877-1942), La Conquête du cheval, 1935, set of 18 panels in gold and color lacquer carved in low-relief on a base of sabi, for the first-class smoking room of the Normandie. The whole: 311 x 504 cm (approx. 122.4 x 198.4 in) ; separately: 124 x 63 (48.8 x 24.8 in), 63 x 63 (24.8 x 24.8 in), 124 x 16 cm (48.8 x 6.3 in). Estimate: €250,000/300,000
Jean Dunand (1877-1942), La Conquête du cheval, 1935, set of 18 panels in gold and color lacquer carved in low-relief on a base of sabi, for the first-class smoking room of the Normandie. The whole: 311 x 504 cm (approx. 122.4 x 198.4 in) ; separately: 124 x 63 (48.8 x 24.8 in), 63 x 63 (24.8 x 24.8 in), 124 x 16 cm (48.8 x 6.3 in). Estimate: €250,000/300,000
An ambitious man, Jean Dunand (1877-1942) entered the school of decorative arts with great expectations. He eventually found a project that made his wildest dreams come true: decorating the biggest, most beautiful ocean liner ever built. Much more than just a ship, the Normandie was a technological wonder, the apex of French a rt d eco craftsmanship and design—and Dunand’s masterpiece. The 58-year-old devoted all of 1934 to the monumental project, overseeing the production of ornamental features, supervising the development of technical systems and carrying out the finishing work himself. Dunand, "working hard day and night, became so worn out that his health was seriously undermined for the rest of his life,” specialist Amélie Marcilhac wrote in her book about the artist. The depth of his devotion was equal to the grandeur of the Normandie , for which the Compagnie…
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