The Noble Grape
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
- 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.)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1984-93-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48916fac7-6527-4d36-ae17-70bd723d0b3a
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