1954 Hétreau Pictorial Wine Map of the Alsace Wine Region, France

VinsAlsace-hetreau-1954
$600.00
Les Vignobles de France. Vins d'Alsace. - Main View
Les Vignobles de France. Vins d'Alsace. - Main View
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1954 Hétreau Pictorial Wine Map of the Alsace Wine Region, France

VinsAlsace-hetreau-1954

Alsatian wines.
$600.00

Title

Les Vignobles de France. Vins d'Alsace.
  1954 (undated)     25 x 30 in (63.5 x 76.2 cm)

Description

This is a 1954 Rémy Hétreau pictorial wine map of the Alsace wine region, France. The map highlights local wineries and culture.
A Closer Look
Coverage embraces from Strasbourg to Mulhouse, with bunches of yellow grapes marking vineyards. Colmar, Ribeauvillé, Sélestat, Guebwiller, and Thann are labeled. Grape vines, an Alsatian vinter, and two white storks surround the map. In Alsace, storks symbolize fertility and are associated with luck and wealth.
Publication History and Census
This map was created by Rémy Hétreau and published 1954 by the Comité National de Propagande en Faveur du Vin. This piece does not appear in OCLC, and we have not located any cataloged examples in institutional collections. This piece rarely appears on the private market. An earlier edition drawn by Hétreau and published by the Comité in 1950 differs slightly from the present 1954 edition.

Cartographer

Rémy Hétreau (January 31, 1913 - November 28, 2001) was a French artist, engraver, and illustrator. Hétreau was born in Patay, a city in the Loiret. He was mobilized in 1939 and joined the French Army. After the 1940 Armistice, he joined 'Le Salon de l'Imagerie,' a new salon to help artistic life in Paris survive the Occupation. Through the Salon, Hétreau met Robert Denoël, a book editor. Denoël liked Hétreau's work and had him illustrate L'Hôtel du Nord by Eugène Dabit, released in 1944, and Le Mouchoir rouge by Comte de Gobineau, released in 1945. A third book he was supposed to illustrate, Mille Regrets by Elsa Triolet, was never published. Hétreau continued to create work, among which was a series of pictorial broadsides for the French government promoting France's wine regions. Hétreau died in Paris. More by this mapmaker...

Condition

Excellent.