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Jonathan I. Mandell Mosaics: Citrus Orchards, Circa 1900
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24" x 48"; 61cm x 122 cm; The mosaic is framed glass gems and fluorite. The image is made from ceramic tile with the sky being created from sodalite and rhodonite. The image calls back to a previous era when produce was brought to market by animal drawn carts, and fruit was picked by hand.
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Jonathan I. Mandell Mosaics: Self-Portrait of the Mosaicist, 1999
$1,800.00
22" x 22"; 56 cm x 56 cm. This self-portrait is an image of the artist at work. It is made from ceramic tile with mirror in the upper right corner. The sky in the window is sodalite; the chair cushion is rhodonite; the artist's eyes are tigereye; the head of the tile nippers are abalone. The sodalite, rhodonite, abalone and mirror are repeated in the upper right corner. There is a tiny piece of leopardskin jasper in the upper right indicating a minute image of self-portrait. The perspective is a view through the armature which supports the mosaic in progress in the image.
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