1989 Fertita Residence
LasVegas, Nevada
Architect: Ken Rochetti
Interior
Designer: Anita Brooks
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In 1986, Robert Boucher was approached
to create a work for the entry portico of a grand villa in Las Vegas designed by
Ken Ronchetti.
Anita Brooks and the client settled on Robert's proposal
for a neo-classical fragment of an imaginary temple reconstructed as if in a
museum environment. This 12' high, 15' long, 4000 pound Greco-Roman piece floats
upon the wall as a discovered artifact in an elegant atrium.
This fantasy
work incorporates a section of "The Triumpal Entry of Alexander into Babylon" by
Bertel Thorvaldsen as the frieze below the cornice. The rest of the pieces
within the work were created anew.
Cast in calcium silica aluminate and
patinaed by hand.
LINE
DRAWING
Full line drawing of the Fertitta residence
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DETAIL
Detail of Corinthian pilaster capital (inset)
Additional details of the atrium piece
CREDITS
Sculptor:
Melody Peters
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