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1980

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1984

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Drawing, The Noble Grape

This is a Drawing. It was created by Ronald Searle and published by Clos du Val Wine Company, Limited and Taltarni Vineyards. It is dated 1980 and we acquired it in 1984. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, opaque watercolor, crayon, graphite on heavy wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by John Goelet. It is credited Gift of John Goelet.

Its dimensions are

45.1 × 32.4 cm (17 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in blue ink on verso: Ronald Searle/JOHN LOCKE STUDIO/15 EAST 76TH STREET/NEW YORK CITY, 10021/U.S.A. Butterfield 8-8010/Drawing/Dessin/Zeichnug/Copyright © Ronald Searle 1980.

It is signed

Signed in pen and black in at center right: Ronald Searle

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink at lower left: The Noble Grape; verso: The Noble Grape/ 45 X 32.5 cm

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Noble Grape; Ronald Searle (British, active France, 1920 - 2011); Published by Clos du Val Wine Company, Limited, Taltarni Vineyards; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, opaque watercolor, crayon, graphite on heavy wove paper; 45.1 × 32.4 cm (17 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.); Gift of John Goelet; 1984-93-1

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