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 The Salon rejected this painting on several counts. The Baudelairian subject matter of a drunk offended public morals and the loose handling and lack of definition of the painting outraged the critics.The bottom 16 inches of the painting was added in 1867 completing the figure, adding the glass of absinthe and the bottle.Absinthe was served from fountains placed behind the bar and was poured onto a spoonful of sugar. By 1874 two million gallons of absinthe were being consumed a year in France. |
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