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Original large-format ink/marker caricature drawing depicting a smiling male public figure, Absolut Vodka Michel Roux, flanked by two women. Bold hand-drawn composition signed with artist’s monogram/signature at lower left and dated 12-18-92. Presented under glass with double matting in a metal frame. 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: 17" x 19 1/2" x 1". Weight: 4.5 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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