189. Tourist in Rome
Title: Tourist in Rome (working title)
Date: None
Subject: Man at Roman Forum
Measurements: 17 ¼” W x 6” D x 42” H
Materials and Techniques: Wooden box, paper, photograph of Forum printed on paper, cork, wooden forms
Description: A large box stands vertically, framing the image of a tourist visiting the Forum in Rome. Curved, dark wooden forms outline the body of the tourist, who stands with his arms at his waist. Cork board fills in the outline of his face. More curved, dark wooden forms represent his eyes, nose, and smiling mouth. A photograph of the Roman Forum lines the frame behind him. A paper representation of a Classical column is attached vertically along the left side of the box, extending slightly above the box’s top. A fragment of a Classical column, representing a ruin, rests at the tourist’s feet on the right side of the box.
Signed: None