L'Absinthe
Also known as The Absinthe Drinker, Glass of Absinthe, L’Absinthe
' (English: The Absinthe Drinker or Glass of Absinthe) is a painting by Edgar Degas, painted between 1875 and 1876. Its original title was ', a name often used today.
Key facts
- Artwork.year
- 1875–76
- Artwork.image_file
- Edgar_Degas - In a Café - Google Art Project 2.jpg
- Artwork.artist
- Edgar Degas
- Artwork.medium
- Oil on canvas
- Artwork.height_metric
- 92
- Artwork.width_metric
- 68
- Artwork.height_imperial
- 36
- Artwork.width_imperial
- 26.8
- Artwork.metric_unit
- cm
- Artwork.imperial_unit
- in
- Artwork.museum
- Musée d'Orsay
- Artwork.city
- Paris
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' (English: The Absinthe Drinker or Glass of Absinthe) is a painting by Edgar Degas, painted between 1875 and 1876. Its original title was , a name often used today.
Other early titles were A sketch of a French Café and Figures at Café'''''. Then, when exhibited in London in 1893, the title was changed to , the name by which the painting is now commonly known. It is in the permanent collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.