Absinthe Refined Ad Poster by Alain Despert and Christophe Cardot Liquor Advertisement Set Lot of 13. This set includes eleven (11) posters by Alain Despert and two (2) by Christophe Cardot. A few noticeable creases on the poster, minor tears, and some wear on the edges. These items are in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Poster: 26" length, 19" width. Weight: 0.8 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 if 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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