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BIAF 90 2 Barcelona International Art Forum Exhibition Catalog Softcover - Original exhibition catalog from BIAF 90 2 Barcelona International Art Forum held September 1990 at La Farga, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona. The publication focuses on Glastnost & Perestroika Arte de Vanguardia de la Europa del Este, documenting contemporary avant-garde movements emerging from Eastern Europe during the late Cold War period. This item is in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full details. Book: 11” x 8 1/2” x 3/4”. Weight: 2.0 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.