Wine Meets Art at Bonhams

On July 7th, Bonhams will hold their Fine Wine Sale in London. The sale includes a collection of 59 bottles of Chateau Mouton Rothschild all having individual estimates between £40,000-50,000. Instead of being traditional wine bottles with the vineyard labels on them, these bottles consist of special labels designed by contemporary artists spanning from 1945-2005. 

Starting in 1945, Baron Philippe de Rothschild started commissioning Contemporary artists of that year to create a graphic design that could be manipulated into a wine label. With only a few requests such as using the vine and the ram symbol for the Chateau, artists had complete freedom. 

Some designs include: 1955 George Braques, 1958 Salvador Dali, 1964 Henry Moore, 1970 Marc Chagal, 1973 Picasso, 1990 Francis Bacon and many other internationally known contemporary artists of their day. 

Posted by, Lauren Guzniczak.