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Absinthe Terminus, 1896

Two stars of the Paris stage, borrowed to sell a glass.

What

A comic-theatrical poster built on the recognizable likenesses of Sarah Bernhardt and Constant Coquelin — the two biggest names on the Paris stage — endorsing a "beneficial" absinthe.

Why

One more casualty of the 1910s bans; a mark that once bought the most famous faces in France to sell itself.

Notice

How much cultural capital the house spent on this single sheet — theater-poster energy applied to a liquor ad, years before that crossover was common.

“The stars outlived the spirit by decades. The poster is what is left of the deal.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 40x60" cleanly.

Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Francisco Tamagno (attributed)
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Terminus absinthe bienfaisante — advertising poster, 1896
Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-16. Artist attribution to Tamagno is a secondary-source convention, described as "attributed," not asserted as certain.

Terminus was extinguished by the absinthe bans of the 1910s. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.