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STEINLEN, Christian Gottlieb (1779-1847)

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£ 2 000
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13.07.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 993056
Lot 256 | STEINLEN, Christian Gottlieb (1779-1847)
STEINLEN, Christian Gottlieb (1779-1847)

[La Fête des Vignerons, Vevey]. Lausanne: Spengler & Cie., [1833].

Sole edition of this splendid 49 ft. (15 metres) long panorama depicting the traditional once-in-a-generation Swiss wine-grower’s festival at Vevey. The fête was established in 1797 and did not occur again until 1819 due to the Napoleonic wars, so it was agreed that it should occur no more than five times each century. The fête of 1833 was staged over two days in August by David Constantin and Steinlen and comprised around 800 actors and performers who performed in a 4,000 seat arena with costumes designed by Steinlen. The procession was arranged around the four seasons and concludes with the deities Silenus (Greek companion to Dionysus) and Ceres (Roman goddess of agriculture) before the final dramatic depiction of Noah’s Ark, as Noah is considered the first vigneron. The most recent Fête des Vignerons took place in 2019. Bobins, IV 1313; Bibliotheca Gastronomica 1558; Reed, p.87.



Extremely long panorama on paper (20.5 x 9.5cm; when unrolled extending to approximately 1500cm (49 feet). 30 conjoined lithographic sections, coloured by a contemporary hand, forming a continuous panorama, plate 3 hand numbered, plates 5-30 with lithographic number, imprint on plate 30, part of the first section mounted on limp green calf with green calf tie (section 16 with repair to lower blank margin, other minor tears and repairs, occasional spotting).





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Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland
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