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TAITTINGER CHAMPAGNE THE COLLECTION 1988 4 X FLUTES DESIGNED BY THE JAPANESE ARTIST IMAI
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Description
THERE IS NO CHAMPAGNE INCLUDED
THIS SALE IS FOR A BOX OF 4 TAITTINGER FLUTES IN THE ORIGINAL BOX.
This is only the 7th edition of the Collection since 1983, with the Japanese artist Imai, commissioned to produce a limited edition label for Taittinger’s Brut Millésimé 1988 [not included] the vintage was released in 1994. A limited edition of the flutes were also commissioned. The flutes have a wonderful bright design in red and gold on the bowl of the flute. Toshimitsu Imai was born in Kyoto in 1928. After finishing school in
1948, he trained at the Tokyo State Art Academy. Imai's early style of
painting is reminiscent of the Fauves. Throughout Imai's career his work
was distinguished by an acute sensitivity to colour. In 1951 Imai was
awarded the Kansai-Shinseisaku Prize and in 1952 the prize for the best
new artist at the 15th Shinseisaku Salon. After his first solo show in
Japan, Imai moved to Paris in 1952. There he attended the Académie de la
Grande Chaumière and the Sorbonne, where he completed a degree course
in medieval history and philosophy.
HEIGHT OF FLUTE = 22 CMS A BIT OF HISTORY
The Taittinger Collection Series was conceived in the late 1970s by
Claude Taittinger. Long a patron of the arts, with a passionate interest
in the modern schools of painting and sculpture, he perceived a natural
alliance between the creation of the artist and the art of the great
winemaker. Thus, in 1983, Champagne Taittinger introduced the first of
its revolutionary Collection Series, uniting art and Champagne in the
design of a special bottle with a laser-sealed sheath that visually
expresses the artist’s concept of the magic of Champagne. Featuring the
work of artists such as the French surrealist André Masson, American pop
artist Robert Rauschenberg, these exquisite bottles are commissioned
well into the 21st century, and will perpetuate Champagne Taittinger’s
affiliation with the greatest artists of our time.
The Taittinger Collection Series bottles are released only in great
vintages, from a selection of the year's finest cuvées. The wines are
made from Chardonnay mainly from the Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs,
and Pinot Noir from Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne vineyards.
The fruit is pressed in the vineyards and the first pressing is
transported to the winery for fermentation, followed by a second
fermentation in the bottle. Aged for five or more years on the lees, the
wine acquires complexity and the fine, pinpoint bubbles characteristic
of its sparkle.
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