Original acrylic painting on canvas by Alain Despert, dated 1990. Features a bold, stylized depiction of a Pierrot-type musician playing a mandolin in Despert’s signature vibrant, geometric style. Strong color blocking with clean outlines. Signed and dated lower right. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Frame: 25 1/4" x 31 1/4" x 1 1/4". Weight: 4.5 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 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.
Share this lot:
