Kenny Scharf Pop-Surrealist Cartoon Style Absolut

Updated September 18, 2026

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Lot number219
Estimate600.00 - 900.00 USD
AuctionGallery Sale - Sept 22, 2026
DateSeptember 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM EDT
Auction houseRapid Estate Liquidators and Auction Gallery
LocationOrlando, Florida

Signed and numbered art print by Kenny Scharf&nbsp;featuring a surreal collage composition centered around an Absolut Vodka bottle. Pencil-signed in the lower right and hand-numbered 252/400 in the lower left. Unframed with deckled sheet edges and light handling wear.<br> <br> Unframed. Minor foxing, spotting, and discoloration throughout, as shown. Reverse backside is blank. This item is pre-owned and previously displayed, with wear, edge creases, small tears, and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.<br> <br> Measurements: Approx 26" W x 38 3/4" L. Image: 21" x 31 1/2". Weight: 0.7 lbs.<br> <br> Kenny Scharf (American, b. 1958) is an influential painter and street artist who emerged from New York’s vibrant East Village art scene of the 1980s alongside Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Known for his colorful, cartoon-inspired imagery and distinctive “Pop Surrealist” style, Scharf blends popular culture, science fiction, graffiti, and surrealism into energetic compositions. His work is represented in major collections including MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and MOCA Los Angeles.<br> <br> This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one if its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000 Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.

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