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 - 11 also.
This is part 12 of a 13-part series on the works of Saul
Steinberg:
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1988 Series of drawings re-imagining his assignment in China:
For full biographical notes on Steinberg see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 11 also.
This is part 12 of a 13-part series on the works of Saul
Steinberg:
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| 1982 Sketchbook ( Las Vegas ) Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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| 1982 Sketchbook ( Las Vegas ) Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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| 1982 The New Yorker January 18 1982 |
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| 1982 The New Yorker April 4 1983 "Untitled" marker pen, coloured pencil and pencil on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm |
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| 1982 The New Yorker April 26 1982 |
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| 1982 The New Yorker August 23 1982 |
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| 1982c Van Gogh coloured pencil, crayon, marker pen and collage on paper 33 x 27.9 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1983 Ten Women ( etching made in 1996 ) 52.7 x 75.2 cm |
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| 1983 The New Yorker January 17 1983 |
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| 1983 The New Yorker February 21 1983 "Untitled" ink, pencil, watercolour and crayon on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm Centre Pompidou, Paris |
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| 1983 The New Yorker March 21 1983 "Untitled" marker pen, pencil and crayon on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1983 The New Yorker March 21 1983 "Untitled" pencil, coloured pencil and ink on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1983 The New Yorker July 4 1983 "Overpass at 58th Street" pencil and coloured pencil on paper 35.6 x 58.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1983 The New Yorker July 4 1983 "Chrysler Building at 42nd Street" pencil and coloured pencil on paper 33 x 50.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1983 The New Yorker 20 February 1983 "Untitled" ink, pencil and watercolour on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm Centre Pompidou, Paris |
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| 1984 Sphynx etching 30.5 x 43.3 cm ( image ) Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1984 The New Yorker February 1 1988 "Botones" ( Buttons ) ink, marker pen, crayon and coloured pencil on paper 33 x 50.2 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1985 "Wyoming" oil, pastel, crayon and pencil on paper 45.4 x 61 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1985 Flowers and Ink Bottles watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, charcoal, gouache, pencil and collage on paper National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1985 Las Vegas coloured pencil, ink and pencil on paper 58.7 x 73.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1985 The New Yorker July 8 1985 |
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| 1985 Untitled pencil, coloured pencil and watercolour on paper 50.2 x 65.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1986 Erba Still Life crayon, coloured pencil, foil and collage on wood 40.6 x 53.3 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1986 The New Yorker May 19 1986 "Bank" coloured marker pens, ink, ballpoint pen, coloured pencil, crayon, foil and paper collage on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1986 The New Yorker May 19 1986 "Citibank" pencil, coloured pencil and crayon on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1986 The New Yorker October 27 1986 "Broadway" ink, pencil and collage on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
1986 The Riverhead Duck
The Riverhead Duck is a ferro-cement building in the shape of a duck located in Flanders, New York, on Long Island. It was originally built in 1931 by duck farmer Martin Maurer in nearby Riverhead, and used as a shop to sell ducks and duck eggs.
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| 1986 The Riverhead Duck coloured pencil, crayon, ink, pencil and watercolour on paper 50.8 x 38.1 cm |
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| 1987 The New Yorker May 11 1987 "The Riverhead Duck" |
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| 1986-87 Library pencil and mixed media on wood assemblage 173.9 x 78.7 x 58.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1986-87 Library pencil and mixed media on wood assemblage 173.9 x 78.7 x 58.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1987 Downtown mixed media on wood 78.7 x 158.1 x 106.7 cm The JP Morgan Chase Collection, New York |
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| 1987 Easel and Palette mixed media on wood 40.6 x 53.3 x 5.1 cm Private Collection |
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| 1987 Hotel Metropole mixed media on wood assemblage The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1987 The New Yorker January 12 1987 |
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| 1988 "Napoli, March 1944" pencil and crayon on paper 35.6 x 27.9 cm Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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| 1988 Rudy crayon, pastel, and oil stick on paper 45.7 x 61 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1988 Swiss Still Life watercolour, marker pen, ink, coloured pencil and collage on paper 45.4 x 60.6 cm The Saul Steinberg Foundation |
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| 1988 The New Yorker October 31 2005 |
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| 1988 "Washington DC 1943" pencil and crayon on paper Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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| 1989 Chinatown coloured pencil, marker, crayon and pencil on paper 43.2 x 35.6 cm Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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| 1989 Street Noises coloured pencil, crayon and pencil on paper 58.4 x 73.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1989 The New Yorker September 7 1992 "Las Vegas" pencil, coloured pencil and crayon on paper 70.1 x 50.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
1988 Series of drawings re-imagining his assignment in China:
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| 1988 ( 1943 China ) pencil, ink and crayon on paper 27.9 x 38.1 cm |
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| 1988 ( 1943 China ) pencil, ink and crayon on paper 35.6 x 27.9 cm |
1990 Canal Street
Published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of Art. First in the series "Artists and Writers: American Journals", organized by May Castleberry.
Printed by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona under the supervision of Martino Mardersteig.
2 woodcuts and 16 photolithographs.
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| 1990 Canal Street "Holland Tunnel" Frontispiece |
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| 1990 Canal Street "Untitled" crayon, coloured pencil and pencil over photocopy 43.2 x 36.8 cm Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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| 1989 Untitled ( A Reporter at Large, Canal Street ) pencil and collage on colour photocopy 34.9 x 45.7 cm Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
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| 1990 Canal Street mixed media on wood 78.7 x 58.4 x 6.4 cm |
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| 1990 Canal Street ( details not found ) |