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1954 Hétreau Pictorial Wine Map of the Côtes du Rhône Wine Region, France
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Title
Les Vignobles de France. Vins des Côtes du Rhône.
1954 (undated) 25 x 30 in (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
1954 (undated) 25 x 30 in (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Description
This is a c. 1954 Rémy Hétreau pictorial wine map of the Côtes du Rhône wine region, France. This region produces some of France's finest and most delicious wines.
A Closer Look
Depicting the Rhône Valley from north of Valence south to the Bouches du Rhône, red and yellow grape bunches highlight wine-producing areas within the region. Bold block font labels significant wineries, including the famed Châteauneuf du Pape. Arles, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, and Marseille are identified. A French woman dressed in traditional clothing appears to the left, and a gorgeous landscape of vineyards, vines, and ancient buildings surrounds her.Publication History and Census
This map was created by Rémy Hétreau and published by the Comité National de Propagande en Faveaur du Vin c. 1954. An earlier edition was published c. 1950. Both editions are rare on the private market.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. Light creasing.