Framed monoprint by Ursula Sternberg depicting two seated women in colorful attire against a floral backdrop. Mixed pastel-like texture on paper. Signed lower right. Gallery label from Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, on verso. Toning, wrinkles, and wear to the paper are consistent with age; the frame shows minor surface wear. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Artwork. 19" x 24 3/4" x 3/4". Weight: 4.6 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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