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No
producer in the world captures the imagination or attention of wine
collectors more than Mouton Rothschild with their annual artist series of
labels. Each year a renowned artist is commissioned to do the artwork for
that vintage, in exchange, for cases of wine. Every collector dreams of
collecting a 'vertical' of Mouton to display the artwork of Mouton. Labels
have been produced by the world's most famous contemporary artists, Chagall
(1970),
Dali (1958), Picasso (1973), Miro (1969), Andy Warhol (1975), as well as other luminaries such as
Prince Charles (2004) and Hollywood director John Huston (1982).
Many other producers have established artist series, but there is only one
Mouton Rothschild. |
| In 1945, Baron Philippe de
Rothschild conceived the original idea of crowning the Mouton label with
a work of art created for this purpose by famous artists: These have
included paintings by Miró, Chagall, Braque, Picasso,
Warhol, Bacon, Balthus, amongst others. Only 4 vintages
have not had Artist's labels: 1953 which celebrated the initial
purchase of the Mouton property, 1977 when the Queen Mother stayed at
Mouton and the Baron dedicated that year's vintage to her, 2000 where
the label is enameled in gold with a reproduction of Jakob Schenauer's
Augsburg Ram (below), and 2003 which is devoted to Baron Nathaniel de
Rothschild depicted in a period photograph celebrating the 150th anniversary
of 1853 acquisition of the Mouton estate by the family (below). |
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| 2006 |
Lucian Freud |
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla.,
Feb. 19
/PRNewswire/ -- Each year since 1945, a great artist has
created an original artwork for the Chateau Mouton
Rothschild label. Today, at a press luncheon that also
previews the opening of MOUTON ROTHSCHILD - PAINTINGS FOR
THE LABELS at The Wolfsonian-Florida
International University,
Baroness Philippine de
Rothschild, the owner
of Mouton, announced that she has given the commission for
the 2006 vintage to the British painter
Lucian Freud,
born in 1922, a universally acknowledged master of
contemporary portraiture. Last year, one of his works was
sold for the highest price ever attained by a living artist.
Far from the tormented portraits and nudes for which he is
renowned, for Mouton 2006 Lucian Freud has chosen a joyously
exotic transposition of the pleasure of drinking, in which
the vinestock is transformed into a springing palm tree and
the wine lover into a happily anticipatory zebra. |
| 2005 |
Guiseppe Penone |
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For the highly anticipated 2005
vintage, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild has decided to
entrust the label art to Italian sculptor Guiseppe Penone.
According to the artist, his Mouton 2005 label is designed
to represent the growth of the vine leaf and, at the same
time, the splayed hand of the drinker, soon to grab a glass
of Mouton. |
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2004 |
HRH THE PRINCE OF
WALES |
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Each
year since 1945 the Mouton label has been illustrated with
an original artwork by a contemporary artist. Generally on
the theme of wine and the vine, it sometimes celebrates an
historic event. Indeed 2004 occupies a special place in
Mouton
memories since it marks the Centenary of the Entente
Cordiale, concluded by Britain and France on 8 April 1904.
King Edward VII is known to have played a prominent part in
the agreement, which would herald a genuine alliance during
the First World War and forever transform two rival powers
into sisters by choice.
The
commemoration of such an important milestone in
Franco-British relations was the occasion for many
celebrations in 2004, culminating in official visits by both
Heads of State. That is the spirit in which Baroness
Philippine de Rothschild approached HRH
The Prince of
Wales, a talented artist and a direct descendant of Edward
VII. The Prince agreed that the label
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5 liter jeroboam label |
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Mouton Rothschild 2004 could be illustrated with one
of his watercolors,
inspired by a French landscape, in celebration of the
Entente Cordiale. He has added in his own hand: "To
celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Entente Cordiale –
Charles, 2004". |
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| 2003 |
A 150TH BIRTHDAY
TRIBUTE |
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It is well-known that each year
since 1945 a great painter has illustrated the Château Mouton
Rothschild label. The 2003 vintage is an exception, however,
marking the 150th anniversary of Mouton's entry into the family to
which it has since belonged without interruption for five
generations.
Baroness Philippine de Rothschild
has therefore decided to depart from tradition by devoting the
entire label to Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812-1870),
her direct ancestor from the English branch of the family who
acquired the Mouton estate on 11 May 1853. Baron Nathaniel is
depicted on the label in a period photograph.
The background shows part of the
deed of sale. This document, carefully preserved in the Mouton
archives, marks the beginning of a long love story between the
Rothschild's and the great wines of Bordeaux. |
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2002 |
Ilya Kabakov |
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Mouton Rothschild Reveals 2002 Label
08-Feb-2005
Château Mouton-Rothchild has released its artist's
label for its 2002 vintage. The 2002 label by
Ilya Kabakov, a Russian-born artist who has emigrated to the
USA. Kabakov titled his drawing Okho, the Russian word for
window. The Pauillac estate said, 'Behind the "pane" of the bottle,
the artist shows us another world: whirling to infinity, a myriad
wings trace its outlines, at the same time bearing us off joyfully
towards the realm of dreams and bliss, in a transparent allegory of
the magic of a great wine.' As is the tradition at
Mouton-Rothschild, Ilya Kabakov will be reimbursed with several
cases of the 2002 Grand Vin. |
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2001 |
Robert
Wilson |
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Mouton Rothschild Reveals 2001
Label -
08 Jan 2004
Château Mouton-Rothchild has released its artist's label
for its 2001 vintage. The 2001 label by American artist
Robert Wilson
features a dyptich-style douple print of Baroness Philippine de
Rothschild, the owner of the estate. According to a press
release, Wilson chose to set the baroness "in a symphony of colours
in which the green vine shoots and the gold of the sun harmonise
with the chromatic scale of the wine, from light red to deep
purple." The Baroness chose an American artist in order to express
her solidarity with the American people after the terrorist attacks
on the New York World Trade Center on 9/11. As is the tradition at
Mouton-Rothschild, Robert Wilson will be reimbursed with several
cases of the 2001 Grand Vin. |
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Previous Mouton Rothschild Vintages/Labels |
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2000 |
1999
Raymond
Savignac |
1998
Rufino Tamayo |
1997
St. Phalle |
1996
GuGhin |
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1995
Tapies |
1994
Appel |
1993
Balthus |
1993 - blank label
(original was banned in the US) |
1992
Kirkeby |
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1991
Setsuko |
1990
Bacon |
1989
Baselitz |
1988
Haring |
1987
Erni |
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1986
Séjournè |
1985
Delvaux |
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1984
Agam |
1983
Steinberg |
1982
Huston |
1981
Arman |
1980
Hartung |
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1979 -
1 -
2
Domoto |
1978
Riopelle |
1977
Elisabeth
Queen Mother |
1976
Soulages |
1975
Warhol |
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1974
Motherwell |
1973
Picasso |
1972
Poliakoff |
1971
Kandinsky |
1970
Chagall |
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1969
Miro |
1968 -
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Bona |
1967 -
1 -
2
César |
1966
Alechinsky |
1965
Tanning |
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1964
Moore |
1963
Dufuor |
1962 -
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4 -
5
Matta |
1961 -
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2
Mathieu |
1960
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Villon |
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1959 -
1 -
2
Lippoldy |
1958
Dali |
1957
Masson |
1956 -
2
Tchelitchew |
1955
Braque |
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1954
Carzon |
1953
100th Anniversary Mouton |
1952
Fini |
1951
Vertes |
1950
Arnulf |
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1949
Dignimont |
1948 -
1 -
Laurencin |
1947
Cocteau |
1946
Hugo |
1945
Jullian |
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1939 |
1936 |
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1928 |
1926 -
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1925 |
1918 |
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* Also see
Graves/Fronsac,
Margaux,
Medoc,
Montrachet,
Mouton,
Pauillac,
Pomerol,
Rhone,
St. Emilion, St
Estephe, St Julien
& Siran French Wine Label
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