Original colorful Art Deco-style advertising painting by listed Italian-American artist Giancarlo Impiglia, depicting an elegantly dressed couple raising glasses around a bottle of Absente. Signed “Giancarlo Impiglia” and dated 2001 lower left.
Appears to be acrylic on canvas or canvas-textured support, presented in a black and gold-tone frame. Strong example of Impiglia’s distinctive geometric figurative style and an interesting liquor advertising work. Good overall displayed condition with minor expected wear. Previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Measurements: 26 3/4" x 32 3/4" x 1". Weight: 6.0 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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