Saul Steinberg

Early 1960s: Steinberg and Sigrid Spaeth, Amagansett
photo by Maurice Berezov
© A. E. Artworks, LLC

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 9^th 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 - 5 also.

This is part 6 of 13-part series on the works of

Saul Steinberg:

1960 The New Yorker
January 30 1960

1960 The New Yorker
March 5 1960

1960 The New Yorker
April 2 1960

1960 The New Yorker
April 11 1960

1960 The New Yorker
April 30 1960

1960 The New Yorker
May 14 1960

1960 "Yes No"The New Yorker
May 28 1960

1960 "Eat"The New Yorker
August 20 1960

1960 "Help!"The New Yorker
August 20 1960

1960 "Swindle"The New Yorker
August 20 1960

1960 "Tantrum"The New Yorker August 20 1960

1960 The New Yorker
September 17 1960

1960 The New Yorker
September 24 1960

1960 The New Yorker
October 15 1960

1960 The New Yorker
October 22 1960

1960 The New Yorker
December 10 1960

1961 "No"
ink, pencil and rubber stamps on paper 58.1 x 36.8 cm
Private Collection

1961 The New Yorker
January 7 1961

1961 The New Yorker
January 28 1961

1961 The New Yorker
February 11 1961

1961 The New Yorker
June 10 1961

1961 "Question Mark"The New Yorker
July 29 1961

1961 The New Yorker
September 9 1961

1961 The New Yorker
October 7 1961

1961 The New Yorker
November 4 1961

1961 The New Yorker
November 18 1961

1962 The New Yorker
May 19 1962

1962 The New Yorker
June 30 1962

1962 Untitled ( Mail )published The New Yorker September 17 1966
ink, watercolour, crayon, pencil and collage on paper 58.4 x 36.8 cm
Private Collection

1962 The New Yorker
September 17 1966

1962 The New Yorker
October 6 1962

1962 The New Yorker
October 20 1962
ink on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm
Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1962 The New Yorker
November 17 1962

1962 The New Yorker
November 1962

1962 The New Yorker
May 5 1962

1963 Sports Illustrated magazine
November 11 1963
"Steinberg at the Races"

1963 The New Yorker
January 26 1963

1963 The New Yorker
March 2 1963

1963 The New Yorker
May 4 1963

1963 The New Yorker
May 25 1963

1963 The New Yorker
October 12 1963

1963 The New Yorker
November 30 1963

1963 Untitled ( Paris / Sardinia )
pen and black ink, with coloured pencil, crayon, watercolour, graphite and ballpoint pen in red and black, ruled in graphite, on off-white wove paper, folded 58.5 x 73.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1963 Untitled
ink on paper 51.7 x 35.6 cm
Private Collection

1964 Harold Rosenberg
coloured pencil, crayon, pencil, and ink on paper 24.2 x 26 cm
The Saul Steinberg Foundation

1964 Rainbow Landscape
ink, coloured pencil, marker and pencil on paper 45.1 x 29.2 cm
Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University