
"FUNAMBULIST 5-17-20" 5/2020, riverstone/pigmented and bronze, 10.5"h x14"w x4"d (27h x35w x10d cm)
Private Collection: US Virgin Islands
Pronunciation: fu·nam·bu·list \-list\
 Function: noun 
    Etymology: Latin funambulus ropewalker, from funis rope + ambulare to walk 
    
    Date: 1824 
    1 : tightrope walking 
    2 : a show especially of mental agility 
    
Philippe Petit
French funambulist who gained fame for his high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on August 7, 1974.





 



