. . . and now for the Vin Olympics

On the occasion of the 2016 Olympic Games we present Ronald Searle's 'Vin Olympics' created in 1984 for John Goelet's  Clos Du Val and Taltarni wineries.

Original courtesy of Peter DeSeve

On the reverse of one of the original drawings is this scratched out version of the above. Searle was quite prepared to discard a finished drawing if it the composition didn't work for him.

Italia

An interesting oddity from Italy with a great self portrait I hadn't seen before. I don't know much more about this publication.