Frame: 96.5 x 71 x 2 in. (245.11 x 180.34 x 5.08 cm.) Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 5/6 on a gallery label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount “Every representational image is a ...

“In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker)” by Edgar Degas, 1875-76, and “Plum Brandy” by Édouard Manet, 1877. Musée d'Orsay/National Gallery of Art, Washington ...

Absinthe is said to have originated in Switzerland in the late 18th century and by the mid-19th century was showing up as the subject of paintings such as “The Absinthe Drinker” by Edouard ...

The Houston show, on view through Jan. 16, includes many breathtaking works — “In a café (The Absinthe Drinker),” in which a boozy, stoned woman floats as surely as the legless table tops ...

Absinthe, an intense alcoholic spirit favored by artists such as Degas, Van Gogh and Hemingway, is making a comeback in the U.S. after being banned by the government for almost 100 years. Its ...