HETRÉAU, Remy.

Les Vignobles De France - Vins De Bordeaux

1954

REDOUTÉ Pierre-Joseph. Iris Florentina Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of bo...

HETRÉAU, Remy. Les Vignobles De France - Vins du Val de Loire (The Vineyards of France - Wines of the Loire Valley) Paris 1954 Fine colour printed promotional map of the wine regions of the Loire Valley, drawn by Remy Hetréau in 1954. Framed and glazed, overall size: 83.7 by 70 by 2cm. One from a series of 11 titled Les Vignobles de France; these posters were commissioned by the Comité National de Propagande en Faveur du Vin, a government agency that promoted the French wine industry, as well as tourism to the regions. Remy Hétreau was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator and designer, known for his etchings and engravings; he illustrated numerous books. Among his other activities, he created designs for Haviland Limoges china...

REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. Lilium Superbum Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of b...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Eridanus Orion Lepus London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas publish...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Pegasus London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that...

REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph. Narcissus Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of botanic...

Karl Alexander Gerich (English, 23.4.1956 - 4.1.2016) Merry Andrew No. 30, 1989 - Etchings - Sheet 24 x 32 cm - No plate mark (trimmed sheets) With t...

Engraved by Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella (French, 1636-1697) After Jacques Stella (French 1596-1657) The Wedding Procession - Le Cortege nuptial • Copper engraving on laid paper • Sh...

Karl Alexander Gerich (English, 23.4.1956 - 4.1.2016) Beautiful Bath No. 23, 1996 - Etching - Sheet ca. 29.9 x 29.9 cm - No plate mark (trimmed sheet) This pack is said to be Karl’s declaration of Love to his chosen city of Bath. Each card narrates a part of Bath’s rich history. The court cards depict portraits of personalities – real and legendary – who shaped the city of Bath as it is today. Ufinished, proof print with depictions of the court cards of diamonds and clubs, but an empty cartouche where Karl himself will appear at a later state as the joker, playing mandolin. On one of the documenting photos you can see a photo copy of what the joker card would look like. Sheet is in good condition and suitable to be framed. Karl was a brilliant playing card maker and certainly one of the most genius artist-craftsmen I had the pleasure to learn about his work and know. He could do it all: Come up with the tale, weave meaning(s) into it, fill it with spirited characters of his liking, draw it, etch it, print it, colour it and handcraft the inks, paper and card into wondersome packs of playing cards, each of them living in their own, most exquisitely crafted boxes. Every pack a magical marvel, filled with the spirit of this genius card maker … All this he did using his Adana printing press, very simple hand tools and great skill. When Karl closed down his studio in St.Peter’s Terrace in Bath, England and moved to Poplar Close, he sold off work for which he felt he no longer wanted to be the custodian. So a number of prints reached the market then. Printed sheets by Karl Gerich...

Hermann Kätelhön (German, * 22. September 1884, Hofgeismar; † 24. November 1940, München) Coal Miners • Woodcut, sheet measures ca. 55 x 40 cm • The sheet is mounted (fixed at the...

Karl Alexander Gerich (English, 23.4.1956 - 4.1.2016) Mayday No. 28, 1989 - Etching - Sheet ca. 37.5 x 26.1 cm - Plate ca. 32.6 x 23.5 cm You ask why this pack is called Mayday ? Well, the pack was finished on the 1st of May, 1989 – The day Steven Denis won the World Snooker Championship. Karl was a passionate snooker fan and this is how he marked the victory of his hero, who he also made the joker of this pack. The proof sheet printed in blue depicts all the court cards, title card, joker & that extra SD joker and the box in which the pack would live. Sheet is in good condition and suitable to be framed. Karl was a brilliant playing card maker and certainly one of the most genius artist-craftsmen I had the pleasure to learn about his work and know. He could do it all: Come up with the tale, weave meaning(s) into it, fill it with spirited characters of his liking, draw it, etch it, print it, colour it and handcraft the inks, paper and card into wondersome packs of playing cards, each of them living in their own, most exquisitely crafted boxes. Every pack a magical marvel, filled with the spirit of this genius card maker … All this he did using his Adana printing press, very simple hand tools and great skill. When Karl closed down his studio in St.Peter’s Terrace in Bath, England and moved to Poplar Close, he sold off work for which he felt he no longer wanted to be the custodian. So a number of prints reached the market then. Printed sheets by Karl Gerich...

Views of Bath No. 33, 1990 - Etching - Sheet ca. 39.5 x 26.2 cm - Plate ca. 32.7 x 23.7 cm Produced in 1990. It seems there are two versions of this pack. This proof sheet depitcts...