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Viticulture (heading the vines) by Alfred Gaspart
Viticulture (heading the vines)
Alfred Gaspart
Title
Viticulture (heading the vines)
Artist
Alfred Gaspart
1900 - 1993 (biography)Year
c. 1935
Technique
pencil drawing with watercolor
Image Size
15 3/8 x 11 1/4" image
Signature
purple ink stamp monogram, lower right
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique
Annotations
inscribed in upper margin: "mettre l'oiseau"
Reference
Paper
antique-white wove, mounted to linen
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
16684d
Price
$1,200.00
Description
From September of 1935 through 1936 Gaspart spent time in Beaune, Burgundy chronicling the wine making of the region. A book of photographs from this time, “Alfred Gaspart: One Year in the Vineyard, Photographs 1936; Jean-Michel Place, 2006” is accompanied by a series of letters to his sister about the experience: the weather, fears of bad harvests, the care of the vineyards and the production of the wine.
This drawing, one of a series about the grape harvest, may have been preparatory for a mural that never materialized. This image depicts a vineyard worker heading or topping the vines.