Framed watercolor lithograph art print depicting a blue horseshoe with lilac flowers and green foliage. The piece is hand-signed “Manolis” and dated Mai 2003. Includes an inscription reading: “To Michel, best of luck to the new gallery.” Marked E.A. Multi-layered matting in green and pink tones, set in an ornate gold-tone frame. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Frame: 29 1/2" x 37 1/2" x 1". Weight: 11.6 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 of 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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