The Venus Statue was made but the president of cunard at the time did not want the statue on board as it had its bare breasts showing.. Janine Janet died in 2000 & the Venus statue was on display in Paris at an exhibition Metamorphoses . the Venus statue was purchased from Cunard & now is on display in the french Reunion Islands in the town Hall.....
Although I have not yet found a FULL photo of the mysterious 5th sculpture, Venus, I have found an image in which part of her appears! And, with Dennis Lennon and Janine Janet standing in front of it. It is from the book of the Exposition Metamorphoses that Howie mentioned above.
Here is a link to the
book. I've also attached a photo of the page.
The text in the book reads in French:
1988
Vénus, statue en bronze recouvert de platine commandée par Dennis Lennon pour le compte de la Cunard Steam Ship, pour orner la centre du grill-room des premiere classes du "Queen Elizabeth 2" (fonte Clémeni, dorure Gohard).
22 mars, à l'initiative de Robert Ricci, la statue est placée dans la hall de la maison de couture Nina Ricci, à l'occasion de la remise de la croix de Chevelier des Arts et Lettres.
À partir de mai, projet de salles de bains pour le yacht "Khalid" (décorateur Alberto Pinto).This translates to:
1988
Venus, a platinum-plated bronze statue commissioned by Dennis Lennon for the Cunard Steam Ship, to adorn the center of the first-class grill-room of the "Queen Elizabeth 2" (Clemeni iron, Gohard gold).
March 22, at the initiative of Robert Ricci, the statue is placed in the lobby of the fashion house Nina Ricci, on the occasion of the presentation of the Cross of Chevelier Arts and Letters.
From May, project of bathrooms for the yacht "Khalid" (decorator Alberto Pinto).The caption of the photo reads in French:
Janine Janet reçoit la croix de Chevelier des Arts et Lettres dans les salons de la maison de couture Nina Ricci, le 22 Mars 1988. À se côtés, Dennis Lennon, madame Raymond Barre, Jean-Claude Janet et Robert Ricci, devant la Vénus commandée par Dennis Lennon pour le "Queen Elizabeth 2".This translates to:
Janine Janet receives the Cross of Chevelier Arts and Letters in the salons of the fashion house Nina Ricci, March 22, 1988. Alongside Dennis Lennon, Mrs. Raymond Barre, Jean-Claude Janet and Robert Ricci, in front of the Venus commissioned by Dennis Lennon for the "Queen Elizabeth 2".So what we know for sure is... it was made, it was commissioned by Dennis Lennon for Cunard, it was bronze covered in platinum, we can see part of it in the picture in the book, and we know it was in the Nina Ricci House of Fashion in Paris on 22 March 1998!But this is the sentence I keep looking at:
À partir de mai, projet de salles de bains pour le yacht "Khalid" (décorateur Alberto Pinto).
From May, project of bathrooms for the yacht "Khalid" (decorator Alberto Pinto).It sort of a fragment and doesn't translate well --
does it mean on May 1998 it was put on the yacht Khalid???It kind of sounds like it.
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