Vichy Water Still Life

c. 1953

Saul Steinberg

Artist, American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage of cut, torn, and pasted paper and printed paper; pen, brush, and ink; transparent and opaque watercolor; graphite; and colored pencil on wove Strathmore paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.83 × 58.42 cm (14 1/2 × 23 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.143.11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA in 2016 from The Saul Steinberg Foundation, New York, NY.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • Saul Steinberg: Illuminations, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York; Fondation Henri-Cartier-Bresson, Paris; Kunsthaus Zürich; Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; New Haven and London, 2006-2009

Bibliography

2006

  • Smith, Joel. Saul Steinberg: Illuminations. Exh. cat. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York; Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris; Kunsthaus Zürich; Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; New Haven and London, 2006-2009: no. 25, col. repro. 123.

2013

  • Prinzing, Andreas, ed. Saul Steinberg: The Americans, Exh. cat. Museum Ludwig, Köln, 2013, color repro., 26, fig. 11. (not in exhibition)

Inscriptions

on collage at center left: VICHY / FRANCE

Markings

blind stamp: STRATHMORE / USE EITHER SIDE [in circle]

Wikidata ID

Q64630579

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