Untitled (Man at a Table, Drawing)

1963

Saul Steinberg

Associated Names
Saul Steinberg

Artist, American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999

The image shows interwoven lines creating a dense mass above a desk. The lines resemble a cloud or smoke. A person with a distinctive triangular nose and closed eyes sits at the desk holding a pen over paper. An ink bottle is on the table. The setting is minimalistic.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2011

  • Saul Steinberg: As aventuras da linha, Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, 28 May - 21 August 2011; Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, 2 September - 6 November 2011

Bibliography

2011

  • Saul Steinberg: As aventuras da linha. Exh. cat., Instituto Moreira Salles , Rio de Janeiro; Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, 2011: pl. 152

Inscriptions

in pen and black ink, lower right: STEINBERG 1963 [underlined]; upper left verso, in green colored pencil: p; in graphite: A [underlined]

Markings

blind stamp: STRATHMORE / ARTIST [in circle with thistle symbol]

Wikidata ID

Q64630583

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