LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gelatin silver prints mounted on linen and in a postbound leatherette album

Size Notes:

each photograph approximately

Description:

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Markings:

each numbered and titled in the negative and with photographers' credit Byron Co.the inside back cover with gilt stamp Byron Co. Photographers N.Y.

Literature:

For comprehensive history on the SS Normandie, including many images included in the present album, see:; Bruno Foucart et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985; Louis-Rene Vian, Arts Décoratifs À Bord des Paquebots Français 1880-1960, Paris, 1992; Pierre Kjellberg, Art Déco: Les Maîtres du Mobilier, Le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 2000; John Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Oceanliner, New York, 2007

Provenance:

Collection of Percy Byron, New York; Thence by descent to the present owner