Original acrylic and mixed media painting on stretched canvas depicting a horizontal composition of stylized female figures against a vivid green ground. The work is titled The Bachelorettes of Leap Year. Signed and dated on the lower left of the canvas. Unknown artist. The verso is hand-inscribed with the title, artist’s signature, and dated. Unframed. Canvas is stretched over a wooden frame with wire for hanging. Surface shows visible texture consistent with mixed media application. No apparent restoration noted.
This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Canvas: 37 1/4" x 11 1/2" x 2 3/4". Weight: 4.2 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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