Vintage charcoal and/or pencil (unknown) portrait drawing depicting a young woman with short hair, executed on gray-toned paper. Signed and inscribed lower right with “Paris” and dated 30-1-70 (1970). Presented under glass with gray and burgundy matting in a silver-tone wood frame. Artist signature is present but not confidently identified. Artist unknown.
Good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, minor scratches, and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Size: 26 3/4" x 20 3/4" x 1". Weight: 7.0 lbs.
From the personal 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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