Gallery Sale, March 25, 2026

Gallery Sale, March 25, 2026

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Lot 82: Absinthe Refined Ad Poster Homage A Botero Cezanne By John Pacovsky Set of Nine 9 Posters

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Absinthe Refined Ad Poster Homage A Botero Cezanne By John Pacovsky Set of Nine 9 Posters. Two different designs by John Pacovsky. One posters is the Cezanne design and eight are the Botero design. A few creases and wear noticed 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: 1.5 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 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.