La Scala di Ferro (The Iron Ladder)

1967

Saul Steinberg

Artist, American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage of torn-and-pasted mailed envelope, pasted printed paper, graphite, colored pencil, crayon, pen and ink, and rubber stamp additions on laid Ingres Canson paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Evelyn and Leonard Lauder

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50 x 64.9 cm (19 11/16 x 25 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.83.1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 113, as La Scala di Ferro (The Iron Staircase).

Bibliography

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 113.

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: ST. / Saul Steinberg / Steinberg (underlined) / STEINBERG (underlined) / 67; upper left verso in graphite: 37 [44 (crossed out)] La Scala di Ferro K (underlined) #37

Watermarks

Ingres Canson - France

Wikidata ID

Q64630565

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