RHONE WINE MAP Vignobles de France. Vins des Côtes du Rhône. HETREAU 1954

SKU: P-8-011034

[Les Vignobles de France - Vins des] Côtes du Rhône


Rémy Hétreau (1913-2001) was French painter, graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator and designer. He was commissioned in the 1950s by the Comité National de Propagande en Faveur du Vin, a French government agency tasked with promoting the nation's wines and tourism to the wine growing regions, to create a series of illustrated maps entitled "Les Vignobles de France". There were supposedly eleven of these: Région Est, Normandie, Champagne, Bordeaux, Rhône, Bourgogne, Provence, Alsace, Loire, Roussillon & what was then the French colony of Algeria. However, Provence & Roussillon were combined into a single map, and we have never seen examples of the maps for Région Est or Normandie - neither of which regions are particularly noted for their wine. His highly decorative, exuberant maps display a joyful mid-century aesthetic; they have become much sought after. Art critic René Barjavel said of him "In the world around him, it is always springtime. He has a blossoming tree in his heart"; a comment evident in these wonderful maps. The locations of the main white and red wine producing appellations are shown with grape bunch icons of the appropriate colour

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Size 68 x 84 cm | 26.5 x 33.0 inches

Date Published: 1954

Type: Decorative vintage colour linen-backed wine poster map

Author: Hétreau, Rémy

Publication: Vignobles de France

Comité National de Propagande en Faveur du Vin. Issued by the French Government. Printed in France by Éditions de Champrosay, Paris

Condition: Fair |

Fair: The condition is very good. The map has been laid down on paper and backed with linen. This edition of the map, published with the Éditions de Champrosay imprint does not have the "Les Vignobles de France" scroll banner in the top margin present on the edition of the map which bears the Sopexa imprint. Please note any other blemishes on the scan prior to purchasing this picture. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain

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