Unframed original oil painting on stretched canvas depicting a lone fisherman casting his net in swirling blue water. Heavy impasto brushwork with impressionist style elements. The background shows shoreline trees and distant houses. Signed on the front right lower corner; signature appears as JJ Graham. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Artwork. 24" x 29 3/4" x 1 1/2". 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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