Untitled (Table Composition with Hebrew Greeting Card)

1974

Saul Steinberg

Associated Names
Saul Steinberg

Artist, American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999

The image features a collage comprising a large envelope with stamps and a postmark on the left side, various intricately designed mechanical shapes in the center, and several pieces of paper containing text and images towards the top and right. The color palette is predominantly neutral, with accents of blue, red, and orange within the stamps and designs. In the foreground, the envelope occupies the bottom left corner, with the mechanical shapes cascading from the middle to the lower section; above them are arranged papers including a colorful card in the center, and a paper marked "Hotel Plaza et de France" at the lower right.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite, colored pencil, crayon, black ballpoint pen, pen and ink, and collage addtions on Schoeller's Parole paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.8 × 73.66 cm (20 × 29 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.143.28


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower right: STEINBERG 1974

Markings

blind stamp: "SCHOELLERS PAROLE" embossed as double circle with anvil and cogged wheel in center, at upper right

Wikidata ID

Q64630596

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