Gallery Sale - Sept. 11, 2026

Gallery Sale - Sept. 11, 2026

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Lot 160: Ron English Absente Hallucination Style Absinthe Refined Print on Canvas

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Start price: $25

Estimated price: $200 - $300

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Absinthe Refined Ad Art By Ron English Liquor Advertisement Canvas Art Print. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with minimal wear and minor surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.

Art: 16" x 19 3/4". Weight: 1.0 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 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.