Beschreibung:

RAREST ABSINTHE Absinthe is a famous spirit typically distilled to between 45-75% alcohol by volume. Its flavour derives from a variety of herbs and botanicals, most notably wormwood and anise, which gives it its characteristic flavour. The name is derived from “Artemesia Absinthium” which is the principal botanical used in its production. Absinthe is one of the most romantically mythologized alcoholic drinks in the world owing to its close association with the history of literature, poetry and art and its relationship with ideas of liberation, hidden meanings, altered perception and craving for sensation. It figures prominently in the works and lives of poets and authors like Beaudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Jarry James Joyce, Emile Zola and Hemingway. Its most important artistic association lies with 19th century painters whose many works were the most notable to comment on the social effects of drinking Absinthe. Édouard Manet’s first important work was “The Absinthe Drinker” painted in 1859. This was followed by works by artists throughout the remainder of the 19th and early 20th century. For example: Degas; “The Glass of Absinthe” in 1876; Van Gogh; “Absinthe Bottle and Glass” in 1886 and “Night Cafe at Arles” in 1888. Gauguin; “Dans un Cafe a Arles” in 1888. Lautrec; “Van Gogh Drinking Absinthe in a Cafe” in 1887, “The Absinthe drinker” in 1888 and “Monsieur Boileau at the Cafe” in 1893. Albert Maignon; “Green Muse” in 1895. Absinthe Narciso Muste' Absinthe Circa 1930's. Distilled in Reus, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Damaged capsule with tape affixed. Slightly bin-soiled label. Level: low-shoulder 1 bottle per lot