Frankfort, Indiana

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Artist Saul Steinberg (American, 1914–1999)

Title Frankfort, Indiana

Date 1976

Medium Graphite, crayon, colored pencil, and and rubber stamp on paper

Dimensions Image: 12 7/8 x 21 1/4 in. (32.7 x 54 cm)
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 22 15/16 in. (37.8 x 58.3 cm)
Framed (Exhibition Frame): 25 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 in. (63.8 x 79.1 x 2.5 cm)

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

Accession Number 2019.109

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About this Work

One of Steinberg’s most important sources of imagery were the postcards in his large collection, which he accumulated during a lifetime of travels. They served as a pre-given iconography of chamber of commerce promotions, through which, he believed, we see reality. His collection probably included a postcard of Frankfort, Indiana, which he then transformed with architectural precision into a slick streamlined set of uniform buildings, populated by a few pedestrians and vehicles. The factory (now gone) remains unidentified.

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"Frankfort, Indiana | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2019.109