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The Noble Grape

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Artist

Ronald Searle, British, active France, 1920 - 2011

Publisher

Clos du Val Wine Company, Limited, Napa, California, USA
Taltarni Vineyards, Moonambel, Victoria, Australia

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

A pot-bellied figure stands contraposto, adorned in a blue cape with grape leaf decorations, with its right arm partially lifted, holding a scepter in the form of a wine opener and cork and in the left a glass of red wine. The figure's head is in the form of a cluster of purple grapes and is topped by a crown.

Credit Line

Gift of John Goelet

Date

1980

Accession Number

1984-93-1

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

figures

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, opaque watercolor, crayon, graphite on heavy wove paper

Dimensions

45.1 × 32.4 cm (17 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48916fac7-6527-4d36-ae17-70bd723d0b3a

Record ID

chndm_1984-93-1
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