In this painting, the artist's signature is written on a blade that sits next to a match container and a rolled up newspaper in the foreground.
In this painting, the artist's signature is written on a blade that sits next to a match container and a rolled up newspaper in the foreground. The table in this painting closest to the viewer is connected by a plank to another table on which a glass pitcher atop a silver platter obscures a woman's arm. The woman in this painting also modeled for Edouard Manet's thematically-similar The Plum. This painting, originally titled "A Sketch of a French Café", was rechristened in 1893 and shown to English audiences, who reacted with moral outrage. In this painting, the actress Ellen Andrée wears a white headpiece and stares morosely at an untouched glass of the title alcohol. For 10 points, name this painting by Edgar Degas.
In this painting, the artist's signature is written on a blade that sits next to a match container and a rolled up newspaper in the foreground.
 L'Absinthe (lob-SANT) [or Glass of Absinthe; or The Absinthe Drinker; or A Sketch of a French Café until it is read; or Figures at Café until "A Sketch of a French Café" is read]