Provincetown
1984
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View on museum website →Medium
hardground etching and drypoint on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 30.3 x 43.2 cm (11 15/16 x 17 in.) sheet: 54.3 x 63.3 cm (21 3/8 x 24 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1989.55.74
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...