
Les Vignobles de France – Vins de Champagne. Decorative vintage colour wine poster map, 1954. Caption below picture:’Les Vignobles de France – Vins de Champagne. He was commissioned in the 1950s by the Comit? 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: R? Gion Est, Normandie, Champagne, Bordeaux, Rh? Ne, 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 R? Gion 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. 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. IMAGE SIZE: Approx 67.5 x 83.5cm, 26.5 x 32.75 inches (Large). National de Propagande en Faveur du Vin. Issued by the French Government – C. Printed in France O. P. G. 46 Rue de Lille, Paris. TYPE: Decorative vintage colour wine poster map. VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term’original’ when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique. Print’ means any image created by applying an inked block to paper or card under pressure by any method including wood engraving, steel engraving, copperplate, wood cut and lithography. REMARKS: FRANCE: Gravures et Cartes anciennes. DEUTSCHLAND: Alte Lankarten und Stadt ansichten. ITALIA: Stampe e Mappe antiche. A: Mapas antiquos y impresiones antiguas. English law shall apply. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “richben1066″ and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Source (Media Type): Book
- Size: Approx 67.5 x 83.5cm, 26.5 x 32.75 inches
- Item condition: Good- please read full description below
- Verso: There is nothing on the reverse, which is plain
- Provenance/Origin: Please scroll down – see detail below
- Original/Reproduction: Original (defined below-doesn’t imply uniqueness)
- Date Printed: 1954
- Type: Map