French color illustration by Germaine Bouret, depicting a humorous park scene with children, a toy stroller, a young girl with an umbrella, and a dog. Signed/identified “Germaine Bouret” at lower left with French inscription across the lower portion.
Good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, minor scratches, and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Size: 17 1/4" x 14 1/2" x 1". Weight: 2.5 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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