Canal St. Station, 1981

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Medium

crayon, colored pencil, and graphite on Strathmore paper

Dimensions

sheet: 36.83 × 58.74 cm (14 1/2 × 23 1/8 in.)
unfolded: 73.66 × 58.74 cm (29 × 23 1/8 in.)
image: 35.88 × 54.61 cm (14 1/8 × 21 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation

Accession Number

2016.143.31

Artists / Makers

Saul Steinberg (artist) American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999

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Inscription

at center, along bottom edge: in black colored pencil: CANAL ST. STATION; lower right corner: ST 1981; center verso, in black felt tip pen: 3-1-82 [additional printers notations in various media]

Marks and Labels

blind stamp: STRATHMORE / ARTIST [in circle]; stamped on verso, in black: THE NEW YORKER / EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT / 25 WEST 43RD STREET /19TH FLOOR

Provenance

Gift to NGA in 2016 from The Saul Steinberg Foundation, New York, NY.

Associated Names

Saul Steinberg Foundation, The

Exhibition History

2014: Saul Steinberg: 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Pace Gallery, New York, September 11 - October 18, 2014

Bibliography

1982: Steinberg, Saul. "Post Office" The New Yorker 58, no. 2 (March 1, 1982), 46-47, repro.

1992: Steinberg, Saul. The Discovery of America. New York, 1992: 78, color repro.

2014: Saul Steinberg: 100th Anniversary ExhibitionExh. cat. Pace Gallery, New York, September 11 - October 18, 2014, no. 65, color repro.