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ROTHERMEL • NORTHINGTON

SKYSCRAPERS

Transamerica Pyramid-Giza
lacquer and leaf on wood with copper mirror
71 H x 16 Wx 8 D

"THE TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID BUILT IN 1972 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SKYSCRAPERS TO BREAKOUT OF THE MODERN BOX-LIKE BUILDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE. PROVING THAT WHAT IS OLD BECOMES NEW AGAIN. THE PYRAMIDAL SHAPE HEARKENS BACK TO THE TIME OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. IN KEEPING WITH THIS THEME DEVELOPED MY OWN HIERGLYPHICS TO COVER THE SURFACE." MARY