Large vertical mixed media wall art presented in a deep black shadow box frame. The composition features multiple assemblage sections, including vintage-style wooden letter and number blocks, dominoes, dice, a spinning game wheel graphic, and a sculpted doll head mounted on a circular metal plate with a textured surface. Materials appear to include wood, metal, paper, paint, and found objects.
The piece has a strong folk art/outsider art/assemblage aesthetic with gaming and chance themes throughout. The back is signed by the artist, though the signature is faint and not clearly legible; therefore, the work is attributed to an unknown artist. Wood backing with hanging wire present.
Some pieces are loose. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Artwork: 48" x 12" x 2 1/2". Weight: 8.0 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 of 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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