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Art: 1983 (USA)
The Artists and the Art:
Historically some of the finest artists in the world have
created art, posters, and labels to advertise commercial products. Classic
Poster Art from the 19th Century is valued art in its own right, and collectors
pay many thousands of dollars for images they love, and work by artist's
they prize. See: Rare
Posters Collection.
Today some manufactures of wine and liquor invite fine artists
to make art they will use to launch their advertising campaigns. Absolut
Vodka, a Stockholm based commercial enterprise, committed to the arts,
has showcased more than 400 artists since Andy Warhol first illustrated
the famous Absolut Vodka bottle in the 1985. Artists commissioned to create
art for Absolut advertising campaign's include Keith Haring, Ed Ruscha,
Armand Arman, LeRoy Neiman, Robert Indiana, Ceesar, Julia Wachtel, Pierre
& Gilles and other leading artists. Regardless of the artist, his
country, or the style of his work, every art piece reflects both the vision
of the artist and the spirit of Absolut Vodka.
The company has established an Absolut Art Collection which
not only showcases the advertising but travels to museums around the world.
Last year three major art museum exhibits were arranged. Companies using
fine artists to create advertising billboards and labels for them, display
their prized product in art exhibition venues and commercial international
magazines. Art historians and art critics critique the art, and their
commentary becomes art history. The fact is, these labels are good business,
excellent advertising tools and excellent fine art.
The collection of posters featuring wine labels, displayed
below, are from USA California wines. The designs are colorful depictions
and they are visually good art. These posters exactly replicate the labels
on the wine represented. Each posters is an original lithograph. Some
combine more than one printmaking technique, and some have embossed areas.
The Panache label, for example, has an embossed seal. Pairs of these posters,
displayed together, make handsome art presentations.
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Wine347T
WineArt: 1978-81
The posters illustrated in this composite and displayed
below are replicas of the labels used on the wines they advertise.
The posters were created as art posters in 1983. The works are original
lithographs and their quality is excellent. The wine labels in our
collection include: Chateau Montela, Frog's Leap, Jordan, Mt.
Veeder, Panache, Pecota, Scramsberg, St. Clement, and Stag's Leap.
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Wine375
WineArt. Frog's Leap. Poster. Lithograph.
The paper size is 30" x 22". Frog's Leap is a wonderful
poster with rich color and gold raised margins around the image.
This charming illustration advertises Sauvignon Blanc from the Napa
Valley in California. The art poster is in pristine condition.
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$100.
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Wine378
WineArt. Mount Veeder. Poster. Lithograph.
The paper size is 30" x 22". This Mount Veeder
Winery poster is handsome art. The decorative V is reminiscent of
ornate complex interlace patterns used in 6th century biblical illustrations
and illustrations of the Byzantine period, when some of the most
beautiful books ever were made. In the 1500's early printed manuscripts
were adorned with illustrative drawing such as on this poster. This
poster art has gold ink around boarders and fine quality inked lithograph
surface. The art poster is in pristine condition.
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$100.
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Wine379
WineArt. Panache. Poster. Lithograph. The
paper size is 22" x 22". This beautiful Panache
wine label takes its design from the French Bell Epoque art period
and the art of world renown Austrian artist Alphonse Mucha's Reverie,
which was used in calendar and poster designs in 1896. The woman
in Mucha's Reverie has, over the years, been called "the
girl with bedroom eyes." This handsome wine art poster has a gold
embossed seal. Gold ink is used in the boarders around the image
and it has fine quality inked lithograph surface. This art poster
is in pristine condition. Close-up
Note: The seal in this original
poster is embossed with design and printing. Photographic process
for website display may have compromised the look of the image and
the fine graphic quality presented in this original poster.
$100.
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