Framed pastel or mixed-media artwork depicting a bustling town market scene with figures gathered along a street lined with old village buildings. Rich blues, yellows, and earth tones create a lively impressionistic atmosphere. Lower left bears an illegible signature. Unknown artist. The reverse is written in French, with a title in pencil. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Artwork. 27 3/4" x 24 1/2" x 1 1/4". Weight: 8.4 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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