Oil on canvas still-life depicting a saxophone resting on draped dark blue fabric with two dark sculptural vessels in the background. Warm neutral tones create contrast against the metallic instrument. Signed “Alonzo Adams” on the reverse of the canvas. Presented unframed. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Artwork. 30" x 24". Weight: 2.4 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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