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Reading Man Detail, George F. Fishman's 1991 Mosaic, – Vintage Print

Reading Man Detail, George F. Fishman's 1991 Mosaic, — historic image
Reading Man Detail, George F. Fishman's 1991 Mosaic,. Historic image from the Books collection.

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This historic image of Reading Man Detail, George F. Fishman's 1991 Mosaic, brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Reading Man Detail, George F. Fishman's 1991 Mosaic,

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This view isolates one figure, a man absorbed in a book, from George F. Fishman's 1991 mosaic. Mosaic has a long history as a public art form, from Roman floors to Byzantine church walls, and modern artists still use it in civic and institutional settings where a reader makes a natural subject. Built from many small cut pieces, the image gains its shading and posture through accumulated fragments, so a close detail shows how the whole composition holds together.

Original scan3,847 × 3,300 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference1387587933_598c35b472_o Reading Man Detail, George F. Fishman's 1991 Mosaic Faces Of Flower Avenue (Silver Spring, MD) takomabibelot

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