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1954c Saul Steinberg at East 71st St., New York Photo by Evelyn Hofer © Estate of Evelyn Hofer |
Saul Steinberg (1914 – 1999) was a Romanian / American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker magazine, most notably “View of the World from 9th Avenue.” He described himself as "a writer who draws.”Steinberg’s long, multifaceted career encompassed works in many media and appeared in different contexts. In addition to magazine publications and gallery art, he produced advertising art, photo-works, textiles, stage sets, and murals.He is best described as a “modernist without portfolio, constantly crossing boundaries into uncharted visual territory. In subject matter and styles, he made no distinction between high and low art, which he freely conflated in an oeuvre that is stylistically diverse yet consistent in depth and visual imagination.”
After Steinberg's death on May 12, 1999, The Saul Steinberg Foundation was established in accordance with the artist's will. The Foundation’s mission is "to facilitate the study and appreciation of Saul Steinberg's contribution to20th-century art” and to "serve as a resource for the international curatorial-scholarly community as well as the general public".
For full biographical notes on Steinberg see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 3 also.
This is part 4 of 13-part series on the works of
Saul Steinberg:
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1953 Untitled ( Victoria - Brighton ) ink and crayon on paper 40 x 31.4 cm Private Collection |
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1953c Vichy Water Still Life ink, pencil, watercolour, lacquer, wash, veneer and collage on paper 36.8 x 29.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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1954 Bridge pen and black ink on ivory wove paper 73.6 x 58.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1954 Couple ink, crayon, watercolour and collage on paper 38.1 x 30.5 cm Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1954 Family ink, pencil and watercolour 36.8 x 27.9 cm Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1954 Graph Paper Architecture ink and collage on paper 36.8 x 29.2 cm Private Collection |
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1954 Kitchen Street coloured pencil, gouache and ink on silver gelatin print 27.9 x 35.6 cm Private Collection |
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1954 Park Avenue Collage ink and sheet music and graph papers 58.1 x 36.5 cm Centre Pompidou, Paris |
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1954 Roller Derby pen and black ink, with scraping, on ivory wove paper, cut-and-pasted on white paperboard, ruled in graphite 71.4 x 54.7 cm |
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1954 Rooftop City gelatin silver print with applied ink 27.6 x 34.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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1954 Rush O.K. O.K. sketch on diary page Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1954 Saul Steinberg's View of The Threepenny Opera Revived fabric collage Vogue may 15 1954 |
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1954 Sketch and Stamp on Diary Page Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1954 Stadium at Night ( Ebbets Field ) watercolour and pen and black ink, with coloured crayon, on ivory wove paper 58 x 73.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1954 Subway ink, crayon and charcoal on torn brown paper mounted on board 66 x 48.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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1954 The City ink, watercolour, crayon and pencil on paper 57.1 x 72.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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1954 The New Yorker February 27 1954 |
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1954 The New Yorker March 20 1954 |
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1954 The New Yorker May 15 1954 |
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1954 The New Yorker July 10 1954 |
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1954 The New Yorker July 17 1954 |
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1954 Untitled ink and collage on paper 36.8 x 29.2 cm Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1954 Untitled ink on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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1954c Untitled published in Aldo Buzzi "Piccolo diario americano" 1974 22.2 x 27.9 cm Private Collection |
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1954c Untitled published in Aldo Buzzi "Piccolo diario americano" 1974 ink on paper 22.9 x 32.1 cm Private Collection |
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1955 North Carolina ink and watercolour on paper 37.5 x 58.7 cm Private Collection |
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1955 Sketch on diary pages Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1955 Steinberg at the Bat Life magazine 11 July 1955 |
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1955 Steinberg at the Bat Life magazine 11 July 1955 |
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1955 The New Yorker February 12 1955 |
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1955 The South pen and black ink, with watercolour and brush and black ink, over graphite and black crayon, on ivory wove paper 36.9 x 56 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1955 Untitled ink, coloured pencil and packing tape on paper 45.1 x 33 cm Private Collection |
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1955 Untitled pencil, ink, coloured pencil and collage on paper 56.5 x 69.8 cm Private Collection |
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1956 A Reporter at Large, Samakand U.S.S.R. The New Yorker 12 May 1956 |
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1956 Kaxakhstan? ( Russia sketchbook ) Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1956 Tashkent ( Russia sketchbook ) Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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1956 Winter in Moscow The New Yorker 9 June 1956 |
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1956 Winter in Moscow The New Yorker 9 June 1956 |
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1957 The New Yorker March 2 1957 ink on paper 29.2 x 25.4 cm |
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1957 The New Yorker March 30 1957 |
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1957 The New Yorker April 13 1957 ( The buildings are drawn in one continuous line ) |
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1957 The New Yorker June 1 1957 |
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1957 Untitled ( Four Family Portraits ) pen and brush and black ink, with watercolour and graphite on four sheets of ivory or wove paper, cut and adhered to ivory paperboard 50.8 x 63.6 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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before 1958 At the Bar pen and ink on paper The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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1958 Downtown - Big City ( detail ) from "The Americans" Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium |
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1958 Main Street - Small Town ( detail ) from "The Americans" Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium |
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1958 Railroad Crossing watercolour, pastel, ink and pencil on paper 36.8 x 57.8 cm Private Collection |
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1958 The New Yorker February 22 1958 |
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1958 The New Yorker March 8 1958 |
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1958 The Road - South and West ink on paper 76.2 x 55.9 cm Centre Pompidou, Paris |
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1958 The Road - South and West ink on paper 76.5 x 56.2 cm Centre Pompidou, Paris |
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1958c Untitled ( At the Racetrack ) ink and coloured pencil on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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1958c Untitled ( At the Racetrack ) ink and coloured pencil on paper 58.4 x 36.8 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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1959 Aspera pen and black ink with traces of graphite on cream paperboard 51 x 76.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1959 Drawing for one of the backdrops for Rossini’s comic opera, The Count Ory at the Juilliard Opera Theatre, New York ink, watercolour and coloured pencil on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |