Pastel drawing by Helen J. Vaughn depicting a white rocking chair beside a window on a wood-sided house. Soft, muted tones with detailed texture throughout. Signed H.J. Vaughn and dated ’91 at lower right. Matted in a linen-lined mat and housed in a light-tone frame under glass. The frame shows minor wear consistent with age and black markings. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Artwork. 17 1/2" x 22 3/4" x 1". Weight: 6.5 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 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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