. . . 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.

Searle Down Under

Over the course of his career Searle did several assignments on an antipodean theme, not the least of which were the 'wine' drawings for the Australian arm of wine-maker John Goelet's vinery business Taltarni and Moonambel.

For Sports Illustrated (Nov 1st, 1971) he illustrated  John Underwood's article 'Poms, Butcher-Birds and Bogeymen' . The original article is archived here

'Australian Race Crowd' Sports Illustrated 1966

Melbourne

On a recent trip to Australia I hit the Searle trail in Melbourne . . .




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