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San Marco Mosaic is Zuzek's playful take on the famed Noah's Ark mosaic from San Marco Basilica in Venice. The layered use of blue dots, open and closed inkwork squares, and cell-filled fowl harken back to the painstaking and awe-inspiring use of minute tiles in the Byzantine mosaic. The lower right image of two birds blanking an urn and scrolling vines is particularly similar to a mosaic of two peacocks flanking an urn from the historic Basilica. Pratt educated, Zuzek had a strong art historical knowledge and her pieces are filled with references to the canon of art history. She also visited Venice on one of her trips to Europe, where she made a pilgrimage to many of her sources of inspiration.
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In overall good condition and ready to hang. Please note that these original watercolors became designs used in print-making and may contain holes, notations and/or other interesting marks. Close examination reveals scattered areas of surface staining and discoloration including tape remains throughout, most notably to the extreme edges. With rough cut left and lower edges. With three hole punches along the lower edge, each 5⁄16 in. in diameter, the right-most one with a minor loss, and one additional hole 1⁄4 in. in diameter at the lower right corner, not fully punched through. With lines in graphite tracing the profiles of painted forms. With scattered registration pinholes throughout.