Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Saul Steinberg

Saul Steinberg (1914 - 1999) was a Rumanian artist who settled in America and often illustrated for The New Yorker.  He became a much-loved commentator on society, his social criticism,often strange can be acidic. Some considered him a surrealist.  The ones I like especially are those that deal with human kind contemplating question-marks.  His inventive vision was ever intriguing.  Absurdity lurks in much of what he does.

                                                          A landscape of Question-marks
                                                                            R o o m

Source
Saul Steinberg, The L:abyrinth, Harper and Bros. New York, 1960. 

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