Absinthe Robette
1896 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Privat-Livemont (1861–1936)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 110 × 80 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
A young woman in a transparent gown raises a glass of absinthe to the light, a halo of green smoke behind her head and a wall of stylised absinthe plants behind her, under the lettering Absinthe Robette. Privat-Livemont designed the poster in 1896 for the Robette absinthe distillery in Belgium, and it is the most famous Belgian poster of the Art Nouveau; the green, the halo and the gilded outlines are close to Mucha, whom he admired in Paris. Printed by J. L. Goffart, Brussels. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Greens and golds around a raised glass, for a bar area, dining room or hallway at 18×24 or 24×32 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or dark green wall and pairs with Bitter Oriental.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24, 24×32 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×32 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
