LA (drawing in ink plus one mylar)
1994
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drawing in black ink on wove paper, taped to larger sheet, with taped registration marks [accompanied by a black pen and ink drawing on mylar]
Dimensions
sheet: 57.15 × 44.13 cm (22 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.) image: 31.43 × 41.28 cm (12 3/8 × 16 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation in honor of Judith Brodie
Accession Number
2018.39.8
About the Artist
Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg, born in 1914 in Râmnicu Sărat, Romania, to a family of Russian Jewish descent, navigated a peripatetic early career shaped by geopolitical upheaval and intellectual curiosity. After a brief stint at the University of Bucharest, he enrolled in 1933 at the Polytechnic University of Milan, earning a degree in architecture in 1940. There, he honed his graphic skills contributing satiri...