Work: August 3rd
The August 3rd series references photographs from the British School at Rome, Ward-Perkins archive, documenting damaged artworks and architecture in Italy duringWorld War 2. These images recorded statues of the Four Seasons sited on a bridge in Florence that was bombed on August 3rd 1944. The fragments, recovered from the river Arno, were subsequently re-assembled and the bridge restored.
August 3rd: spring
August 3rd: spring, oil on canvas, 61cm x 36cm, 2001
August 3rd: summer
August 3rd: summer, oil on canvas, 61cm x 36cm, 2001
August 3rd: winter
August 3rd: winter, oil on canvas, 61cm x 36cm, 2001