The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art Deco gilded-glass mural “The History of Navigation” from the first class salon of the ocean liner Normandie, which sank in the Hudson River in 1942. The mural was donated to the MET in 1976 by collectors Irwin R. and Linda Berman. Designed by fashion illustrator Jean Dupas and manufactured by Charles Champigneulle in 1934, the 56 20-foot-high, 40-pound panels will be on display for the first time May thru October 2008. Prior to this time. only 24 murals were in view at the MET's restaurant.
