Signed Mid-Century European Village Original Oil Painting
Original oil painting depicting a quiet hillside village street with whitewashed buildings, trees, and a distant coastal landscape. Signed lower left and dated “88,” artist unidentified/unknown. Presented under glass with matting in an ornate gilt-accented frame. Gallery label on reverse. Visible age-related wear. Some imperfections noticed on the artwork.
This item is in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, noticeable imperfections, and surface scratches/markings. Please refer to all photos for full details.
Frame: 35 1/4" x 30 1/4" x 1 3/4". Weight: 17.5 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.
Original oil painting depicting a quiet hillside village street with whitewashed buildings, trees, and a distant coastal landscape. Signed lower left and dated “88,” artist unidentified/unknown. Presented under glass with matting in an ornate gilt-accented frame. Gallery label on reverse. Visible age-related wear. Some imperfections noticed on the artwork.
This item is in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, noticeable imperfections, and surface scratches/markings. Please refer to all photos for full details.
Frame: 35 1/4" x 30 1/4" x 1 3/4". Weight: 17.5 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.
