Framed surrealist watercolor mixed-media painting signed by L. Hidalgo and dated 1976. Leonardo Hidalgo. Features bold, imaginative, and symbolic imagery in a detailed landscape composition. Presented in a contemporary frame with matting. Artwork appears well-preserved under glass. Light surface wear consistent with handling. 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" x 17" x 1". Weight: 3.9 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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