Large framed black-and-white photographic portrait print depicting a female nude in a soft, introspective pose. The work is personally inscribed in the lower right corner: “To Michel with great taste and good eye! – David Muis/Mills; photographer not further identified (artist unknown) 2/1990.” It is also numbered 1/10 in the bottom right corner. The print is presented under glass in a sleek black frame with a double mat. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Frame: 34 1/4" x 34 1/2" x 1/2". Weight: 13.1 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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