Bidspirit auction | Rachel Thompson Pansy Original Oil

Rachel Thompson Pansy Original Oil on Canvas Yellow and Purple Flowers - Original oil on canvas by Rachel Thompson titled “Pansy, ” depicting vibrant yellow and burgundy pansy flowers against a dark background. Signed R. Thompson in the lower right. Gallery tag identifies the work as an original with the original retail price. Presented in a large decorative gilt frame. 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: 39 3/4” x 49 3/4” x 3 1/4”. Weight: 22.5 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.