Medium abstract mixed-media painting featuring bold circular sunburst or sand dollar forms in yellow, orange, and deep brown tones. The composition has a strong texture and radiating patterns throughout. Signed Du Genet at the lower left. Original artwork by Gilles Du Genet. Light surface wear consistent with handling. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Artwork. 39 1/2" x 28 3/4". Weight: 5.7 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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