Saul Steinberg - part 13

Saul Steinberg in 1978
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 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 - 12 also.

This is part 23 of a 13-part series on the works of Saul Steinberg:

1990 Moonlight in Brentwood
crayon and watercolour on paper 58.4 x 73.7 cm
Private Collection

c1990 Chaos
marker pen and crayon on paper 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

c1990 Untitled
pencil, watercolour and crayon on paper 26.7 x 28.5 cm
Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1991 Doctor Gachet, after Vincent van Gogh
pencil and crayon on paper 35.6 x 27.9 cm

1991 L’Arlesienne, after Van Gogh
pencil, coloured pencil, oil pastel and crayon on paper 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1991 The Flat Earth
pencil, crayon and coloured pencil on paper 68.6 x 88.9 cm
The Saul Steinberg Foundation

1992 Ex Voto Aug 31 1992
photocopy with graphite, crayon and pastel on paper 37.8 x 26.9 cm

1992 Ex Voto Monday Aug 3 1992
Page from a sketchbook
Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University9

1992 The New Yorker
January 13 1992

1992 The New Yorker
June 8 1992

1992 The New Yorker
September 7 1992 "Las Vegas"

1992 The New Yorker
November 20 1992

1994 Delacroix ( after Nadar )
pencil, crayon and coloured pencil on paper 37.5 x 33.3 cm
The Saul Steinberg Foundation

1994 The New Yorker
February 28 1994 "Looking Down"
felt marker, crayon, coloured pencil, conté crayon and collage on paper 50.8 x 35.6 cm
The Saul Steinberg Foundation

1994 The New Yorker
February 28 1994 "Looking Down"

1994 The New Yorker
March 14 1994 pencil and coloured pencil on paper 36.8 x 58.4 cm
Private Collection

1994 The New Yorker
March 14 1994

1994 The New Yorker
April 25 1994

1994 The New Yorker
May 17 1993

1994 The New Yorker
October 10 1994

1995 The New Yorker
February 13 1995

1995 The New Yorker
February 20 1995 "Untitled"
pencil and crayon on paper 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University