{"product_id":"absinthe-robette-privat-livemont-1896","title":"Absinthe Robette 1896 | Privat-Livemont Art Nouveau","description":"\u003cp\u003eA semi-draped woman with auburn curling hair raises a tall absinthe glass into the air, her arm extended against a deep emerald-green ground alive with sinuous mist tendrils. A circular halo frames her from behind; a column of pale ivy ornament runs down the left edge. In the upper-left quadrant, the words \"Absinthe Robette\" fill the space in large organic hand-lettered green capitals, each letter inflected with foliate curves. The figure, the gesture, and the colour world are entirely unified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Henri Privat-Livemont (1861–1936) for the Belgian distillery Robette and printed by Imp. Ch. Verneau in Paris with Brussels publisher J.L. Goffart, this 1896 commission established Privat-Livemont as one of the foremost Belgian practitioners of Art Nouveau poster design. Working in the same Belle Époque tradition as Alphonse Mucha, sinuous female figures, organic letterforms, nature-derived ornament, Privat-Livemont brought a distinctly Belgian restraint to the idiom: a tighter palette, a more monumental figure, a background that reads as atmosphere rather than decoration. The poster was selected as Plate 104 in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, the lithographic anthology curated by Jules Chéret between 1895 and 1900, placing it in the definitive survey of the era's commercial art alongside Toulouse-Lautrec and Mucha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbsinthe reached its cultural peak in the 1890s, the drink of artists and bohemians across Paris and Brussels before its banning across most of Europe by 1915. Privat-Livemont's composition depicts the spirit of that moment without moralising: a woman holding the Green Fairy up to the light, inviting rather than warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis archival print is produced on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art Paper using pigment-based inks, rendering Privat-Livemont's intricate line work and the saturated emerald palette with precision. Collected by enthusiasts of Art Nouveau graphic design, Belle Époque advertising history, and European drinks culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Poster Archives","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":64053777105273,"sku":"VPA-13397-A4","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":64053777138041,"sku":"VPA-13397-A3","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2","offer_id":64053777170809,"sku":"VPA-13397-A2","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70cm","offer_id":64053777203577,"sku":"VPA-13397-50x70cm","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1","offer_id":64053777236345,"sku":"VPA-13397-A1","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100cm","offer_id":64053777269113,"sku":"VPA-13397-70x100cm","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0","offer_id":64053777301881,"sku":"VPA-13397-A0","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1139\/4937\/files\/Drink-AbsintheRobette-PrivatLivemont-1896.jpg?v=1785004476","url":"https:\/\/vintageposterarchives.com\/products\/absinthe-robette-privat-livemont-1896","provider":"Vintage Poster Archives","version":"1.0","type":"link"}