Untitled

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Artist Saul Steinberg (American, 1914–1999)

Title Untitled

Date 1970

Medium Black ink, graphite, and and charcoal on paper

Dimensions Image: 18 7/8 x 20 1/16 in. (47.9 x 51 cm)
Sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 1/2 in. (49.8 x 64.8 cm)
Framed (Exhibition Frame): 27 1/8 x 34 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (68.9 x 86.7 x 3.8 cm)

Credit Line Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2019.105

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Steinberg’s depiction of architectural elements, rendered in Art Deco–influenced abstraction, creates a futuristic setting. Simple line-rendering of the stairs, shaded decor details, and triptych-like decorative elements above the bar hold loosely together to construct a fictive space, possibly a theater or factory, for the two figures. Standing in a comical (albeit confrontational) way, a scrawny cowgirl and a soldier with a combat helmet like a polished bullet represent two of the “urban terrorist” types who began to populate Steinberg’s art in the late 1960s.

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