L'absinthe or In a Café  1876

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) [br]In a Café, also called Absinthe 1873 Oil on canvas H. 92; W. 68.5 m Paris, Musée d'Orsay Bequest of Count Isaac de Camondo, 1911 L’Absinthe remains one of Degas’s most celebrated works. It achieved a huge notoriety when it was exhibited in London in 1893, mainly because of the storm of controversy which it provoked in the press. ---- ...