Original 1989 Russian modernist painting depicting a large stylized yellow sun with a small blue Earth below, set against a deep violet background. The Russian text reads Sun at the upper left and Earth at the lower center. The reverse of the canvas is inscribed in Cyrillic, identifying the artist’s surname as Guryanov and the title as Earth – Sun. Presented in a yellow painted wood frame. Acrylic on canvas. Shows light expected wear from age. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Frame: 33 1/4" x 40 3/4" x 1 1/4". Weight: 8.6 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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