Absinthe Ad Poster Homage A Monet By John Pacovsky Hand Signed Numbered Collection. A few posters missing from numerical set of 50 but more than 40 included. This entire collection includes hand signed and numbered in numerical order posters by John Pacovsky. This item is in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Poster: 26 1/2" length, 19" width. Weight: 8.5 lbs
This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one if its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000 Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.
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