Smoke

Artist Credit Line
Thomas Lyon Mills
Date1993–1998
MediumCharcoal, ink, watercolor, acrylic, and relief prints on pieced paper
Dimensions52 1/2 x 61 3/4 in. (133.4 x 156.8 cm)
DescriptionA resident of Providence, Rhode Island, Thomas Lyon Mills spent several years in Rome where one of his favorite subjects was the city’s underground. There, he sketched the damp, crumbling vaults and endless networks of tufa mazes and, in his studio, transformed the sketches into images on paper. This is one of such works, a result of the artist’s long study of Rome’s little known, time-worn sites.
Athenæum purchase, 1999
Object NumberUR300