Belle I
c. 1949-1954
Artist, American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 58.42 × 36.83 cm (23 × 14 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2016.143.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift to NGA in 2016 from The Saul Steinberg Foundation, New York, NY.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1952
_Saul Steinberg: Drawings, Betty Parsons/Sidney Janis, New York, January 28 - February 16, 1952
1953
Steinberg. Galerie Maeght, Paris, April-May 1953
1954
Steinberg. Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, 20 June - 1 August 1954
Bibliography
1953
"Steinberg" Derriere Le Miroir. Galerie Maeght, Paris, (1953): no. 103 (not repro.)
1954
Steinberg. Exh. cat Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, 1954: no. 69 (b/w repro.)
Inscriptions
in black pen and ink, lower right: STEINBERG; upper center verson, in green colored pencil: 21 [in circle]; in red colored pencil: 199 [in circle]; in graphite: U832/22; along right edge verso, vertically: Maeght 8 2 73; lower right verso: 29 [in circle] / 173; repair top [inverted with arrow pointing towards top of verso], Raw [underlined]
Wikidata ID
Q64630569