Bordeaux-themed

Timed Online Auction, 7 - 21 October 2024

Bordeaux | International

Sold for

ZAR 9 967
Lot 153
  • Mouton Rothschild; Pauillac; 1981; 1 (1 x 1); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 500 - 13 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 967

About this Item

1981 Pauillac
1 (1 x 1) 750ml

The label is an artwork by the painter and sculptor Arman Fernandez, known as Arman (1928 - 2005), born in Nice. Arman was the founder with Yves Klein and art critic Pierre Restany, of the artistic movement Nouveaux Réalistes. Their intention was to challenge the dogma of abstraction and to restore the importance of everyday objects, which Arman transfigured by massing them, by 'freezing' them in transparent plastic cubes or by destroying them, creating work of great originality and power.

His famous Coléres literally explode the objects he uses: musical instruments with their component parts scattered across the canvas or in space.

His coloured composition for the 1981 Mouton Rothschild label returns to a favourite theme, the exploded violin.

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'Wonderfully rich and still holding back. Beautiful plum, toasted oak, berry and tobacco character. Firm with a full body. Drinkable now; better with time.' - Wine Spectator, 91/100 (Oct 1994)

Notes

Please note the condition of the label, as per image.

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