Best known for his barbed and brilliant art for The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg (1914--1999) did much more. He executed public murals, designed fabrics and stage sets, was an inventive collagist and printmaker, and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting, sculpture, advertising, and even wartime propaganda. This is the first comprehensive look at Steinberg's extraordinary contribution to 20th-century art, which was that of a modern-day illuminator, putting word and image in play to create art that spoke to the eyes, ...
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Best known for his barbed and brilliant art for The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg (1914--1999) did much more. He executed public murals, designed fabrics and stage sets, was an inventive collagist and printmaker, and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting, sculpture, advertising, and even wartime propaganda. This is the first comprehensive look at Steinberg's extraordinary contribution to 20th-century art, which was that of a modern-day illuminator, putting word and image in play to create art that spoke to the eyes, and minds, of readers. An introduction by poet Charles Simic tracks the origins of Steinberg's darkly comic sensibility in the "Balkan bazaar" of his native Romania. Joel Smith shows how architectural training and an early rise to fame as a cartoonist in Fascist-era Milan honed the artist's gift for subtle graphic invention, and explores why one of the most visible, prolific, potent, and cosmopolitan careers in postwar American art has so thoroughly evaded serious study. Tracing the evolving motives that underlie Steinberg's multi-layered activity, this handsome volume also raises fundamental questions about the historiography of modernism and the vexed status of "the middlebrow avant-garde" in an age of museum-bound art. Previously unseen sketches, documents, and printed matter from the artist's papers illustrate the essay, career chronology, and entries for 120 objects featured in this important book.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 2250grams, ISBN: 9780300115864.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Yale University Press, 2006. Folio. Blue cloth boards with illustrated endpapers. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with a purple stain along front top edge. 285 pages. ISBN: 9780300115864. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Good in Good jacket. The jacket is shelf worn and rubbed with the bottom edge of having a few small tears. The cover is slightly scratched, particularly from the back cover. Spine is slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Pages are clean and unmarked.
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Text block, boards and binding are pristine. Dust wrapper in fine, like new condition. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Near Fine in Fine Condition jacket. 288 pages with 310 illustrations 175 in color. Minor rubbing and wear to the covers and edges. Spine is slightly cocked. Introduction by Charles Simic. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY November 30, 2006-March 4, 2007 and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC April 6-June 24, 2007. Chronology.
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. Book 288 pages with 310 illustrations 175 in color. Minor rubbing and wear to the covers and edges. Spine is slightly cocked. Introduction by Charles Simic. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY November 30, 2006-March 4, 2007 and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC April 6-June 24, 2007. Chronology.
