Absente advertising-themed mixed media collage titled “Le Bon Reve, ” featuring holographic elements, botanical imagery, absinthe spoon, glass, bottle, and historical figures. Reverse is inscribed and signed “Michael Albert NYC, ” dated January 18, 2000, and dedicated to Michel P. Roux. This art piece is loose, broken, and comes apart. Previously displayed in condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Sizing: 11" x 14" x 1/2". Weight: 1.5 lbs.
From the collection of Michel Roux, the liquor icon. 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 if 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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