Artist: Saul Steinberg (Romanian/American, 1914 - 1999). Title: "Ink (Drawing Table) II". Medium: Ink drawing on paper. Date: Composed 1964. Dimensions: Overall size: 8 11/16 x 11 3/4 in. (221 x 298 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Drawn on slightly textured cream wove paper. Fine condition, as drawn. Comment(s): Steinberg would occasionally revisit his favorite works in the form of drawings given to relatives, friends, and other artists, as in our present work. Another example of our composition sold for $13,750 at Sotheby’s New York, November 11, 2010, lot #208. Yet another example, very similar but not identical to our work, titled “Untitled (Artist at His Drawing Table)” (1964), sold at Sotheby’s New York, November 20, 2017, lot #49. Steinberg was a Jewish Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for ‘The New Yorker,’ his most famous image being “View of the World from 9th Avenue.” Image copyright © The Saul Steinberg Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29963-2-4000] |