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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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-93-1