Bidspirit auction | Signed Pacovsky Surrealist Absinthe Landscape

Signed Pacovsky Surrealist Absinthe Landscape Painting on Canvas - Original acrylic on canvas painting, signed Pacovsky. Original signed painting on canvas depicting a surrealist landscape featuring an oversized Absente bottle and matching absinthe glass overlooking a tranquil countryside with a seated female figure, rowboat, and whimsical flying fairies. The canvas was repaired, showing a minor imperfection. This item is in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details. Art: 40 1/4” x 32 1/2” x 2”. Weight: 15.5 lbs The stunning realism that John Pacovsky brings to a canvas is often accented by humor, surrealism, or a philosophical tone. Not surprising, from a man who has always considered himself “a philosopher who paints.” Attesting to his modern day mastery are accolades for his paintings at the core a long-running, award-winning Absolut vodka ad campaign, which was shown in New York’s Lincoln Center, earned him a mention in Forbes magazine, and is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian. 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.