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.