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We were so lucky that MuMa (Musée d’art moderne André Malraux) had an exhibit on ocean liners! It was from the collection of French Lines & Compagnies, an association which preserves, promotes and enhances the history and heritage of
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, Compagnie Générale Maritime and
Société Nationale Corse-Méditerranée. |
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| They had lots of Normandie memorabilia on display. |
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| Normandie superimposed on 59th Street, Manhattan. |
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Normandie superimposed on 5th Avenue, Manhattan. |
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| Berenice Abbott's photo of the Normandie docked at the French Line pier, Manhattan 1937. |
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First class armchair from the Normandie. |
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| Final preparatory drawing for The Chariot of Poseidon, part of Jean Dupas’s most famous work—the four hundred square meters of glass mural decoration installed in the Grand Salon of the Normandie. |
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| Promotional drawing of Normandie First Class dining room. |
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Brochure from Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
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| 1935 Art Deco Normandie pitcher by Peter Muller-Munk. He emigrated from Germany to New York in 1926 and worked at Tiffany’s, then established his own silver studio.
This was his most famous piece, produced by Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. until 1941 (when the company swtiched over to war production). |
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Passengers, poem by Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961)
They're all there, lounging in deck chairs
Or playing cards
Or having tea
Or just being bored
There is, however, a small group of sporty types who are
playing shuffleboard
Or deck tennis
And another small group who come to swim in the pool
At night, when everyone is asleep, the empty chairs lined up
on the deck look like a collection of skeletons in a museum
Withered old women
Chameleons, dandruff, fingernails
Road Map III, 1924 |
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| Ocean liner fashions of the 1930s. |
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Cutaway of the Aquitania, 1920. |
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| Paul and Pierre having lunch in Les Fauves, the dining room of MuMa. Note the real container ship outside the window. |
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Pierre and Paul in Les Halles Centrales, the food hall nearby. |
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