Saul Steinberg
American, born Romania, 1914-1999
Untitled (People Looking Up)
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Saul Steinberg
American, born Romania, 1914-19991949
Untitled (People Looking Up)
Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914-1999 →pen and ink drawingsprints and drawing
Date
1949
Medium
Pen and black ink, ruled in graphite, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
36.8 × 58.8 cm (14 1/2 × 23 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation
Steinberg was an acute observer of The world, and he often employed unusual perspectives, such as in this drawing, which presents a bird’s-eye view. The artist’s characteristic visual wit is also expressed in the figure’s odd body shapes (a product of the strange point of view), and how the subjects scrupulously inspect us as we gaze at them.
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