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Framed black-and-white photographic triptych depicting Michel Roux. Mounted with a plaque reading “The New Yorker, September 12, 1994.”
Pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, scratches noticed, and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Measurements: 15" x 8 1/4" x 1/4". Weight: 1.3 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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