b'"CainanslHpirousationfe-TheortGhisrrandCoomboxcanal,Vameniefcre(om24Xavisi12XtthatIThemadetoVeniceafewyearsago.Ifoundittobeoneofthe11)mosivatitensCpiolrilngplectionacesthatIhaveeverbeen.WhilethereIProftenwonderedwhattheinteriorofthesecondfloorofthosewonderfulhousesontheGrandCanalmayhavelookedlikemanyyearsagowhenVenicewas,inmyopinion,thecapitalcityofcommerceandsophisticationintheworld.Thisboxrepresentsmyvisionofwhatoneofthosesecondfloorsmayhavelookedlike.Canal House - The Grand Canal, Venice (24" X 12" X 11")Private CollectionThe inspiration for this roombox came from a visit that I made to Venice a few years ago. I found it to be one of the most inspiring places that I have ever been. While there I often wondered what the interior of the second floor of those wonderful houses on the Grand Canal may have looked like many years ago when Venice was, in my opinion, the capital city of commerce and sophistication in the world. This box represents my vision of what one of those second floors may have looked like.47'