Beschreibung / Description
Mosaik, showing a map of North America (Mexico is clearly recognizable at the bottom of the mosaik), with Columbus holding the Spanish flag (standing in the Great Lakes area) , one of Columbus's ships, a stereotypic tipi with an Indian chief and the seal of the United States (over Baja California). At the top three large black or grey birds are flying.
Signiert / Signature
E. Sandig
Anmerkung / Annotation
The mosaik is on the northern façade of the house Columbusgasse 66, facing Rotenhofgasse, in Vienna's 10th Bezirk. This house is built in 1966. The mosaik has a rather irregular shape, and one of the birds and the ship are partly cut off, therefore I am not sure the mosaik is made for this building.
Künstler / Artist
- Emerich Sandig (Wien 1893 - Tauplitz 1973),
Austrian painter and restorer
Stichworte / Tags
Lage / Location (N 48°10'26" - E 16°22'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: atwi001;
Photograph: 7 September 2003
/ Updated: 16 December 2006
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