Vintage chromolithograph portrait of a young woman with long, wavy hair adorned with flowers. Soft pastel tones and delicate detailing are typical of early 20th-century decorative prints. Presented in a gold-tone yellow wooden frame with matting. Artwork shows some age toning and small surface imperfections consistent with its age. The frame has mild wear. Marked on mat, chromolithographie vers 1900. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Artwork. 21 1/4" x 27" x 1". Weight: 5.8 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 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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