Picture Mouton 1991 34cm x 47cm

This is a print for Chateau Mouton Rothschild in 1991 illustrated by artist Setsuko Migishi. For the Mouton Rothschild 1991 label, Setsuko retells in her own way the timeless story of wine : the brunch of grapes that once was blossom and became fruit, full as an ear of wheat at harvest time ; then, in the end, the long-awaited denouement, the wine in the decanter and the pleasure in drinking it. The "label" is oversized with an image area of aprox. 16.5 cm x 23 cm on paper that is aprox. 34 cm x 47 cm.

Baron Philippe de Rothschild came up with the idea of having each year's Château Mouton Rothschild label designed by a famous artist of the day. In 1946, this became a permanent and significant aspect of the Mouton image with labels created by some of the world's great painters and sculptors. The popularity of the label images results in auction prices for older and more collectible years being far out of sync with the other first growths, whose labels do not change year to year.