Via Aerea

1969

Saul Steinberg

Associated Names
Saul Steinberg

Artist, American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999

The image displays an intricate network of overlapping geometric shapes and lines, forming an abstract composition. Lines of varying thicknesses and colors intersect, creating a complex pattern reminiscent of an abstract city map or circuit board. Rectangles and other polygons are interspersed with circular arcs. Some sections suggest envelopes and postal marks, hinting at familiar elements like postal correspondence intertwined in the abstract design. The use of red, blue, and green lines adds dynamic movement across the piece.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    colored pencil, crayon, pen and black ink, watercolor, rubber stamping, and collage additions on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 58.42 × 73.66 cm (23 × 29 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.143.24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Steinberg: Drawing into Being. Exh. cat. Pace Wildenstein, New York, October 1 - 30, 1999

Bibliography

1978

  • Rosenberg, Harold. _Saul Steinberg._New York, 1978: col. repro. pl. 167.

1999

  • _Steinberg: Drawing into Being_Exh. cat. PaceWildenstein, New York, 1999: 44-45, color repro.

Inscriptions

in black pen and ink, lower right: Steinberg / 1969; in graphite, upper left verso: VIA AEREA, 1969 / 23" x 29", CRAYON, R/S, COLLAGE

Wikidata ID

Q64630592

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