256. Hitting Rock Bottom
Title: Hitting Rock Bottom (working title)
Date: View of date obstructed by tape frame
Subject: Ballerina drinking wine
Measurements: 8” W x 6” D
Materials and Techniques: White paperboard, cutouts from reproduction postcards and/or art books, glass covering, masking tape frame
Description: A young ballerina (Seated Dancer, c. 1881-83, Edgar Degas, French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris, Musée D’Orsay) is seated on the floor with a wine goblet (Still Life with Three Puppies, 1888, Paul Gauguin, French, Paris 1848-1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, MoMA) in hand. A bottle of wine and an orange are placed beside her.
Signed: “Norman S. Green” written in pen on front lower right corner. View of signature obstructed by tape frame.
Note: From the Pictorial Puzzler Series. Segments identified upon further research.