Saul Steinberg

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Saul Steinberg's death. A major retrospective exhibition is being held in Madrid in his honor. Joost Swarte drew a portrait on the occasion.

Saul Steinberg

Saul Steinberg (1914 - 1999) was a Romanian-American cartoonist who is known for his covers and cartoons for The New Yorker. Steinberg is considered one of the most prominent artists of post-war art. His work cannot be classified in any way. As he himself said: "I don't really belong in the art, cartoon or magazine world, so the art world doesn't really know where to place me". He is what you call an 'artist's artist', because he is still a source of inspiration for many cartoonists.

Here an overview of his covers for The New Yorker from our vintage covers collection.

January 17, 1959 The oldest in our collection.

And from the 60s

September 17, 1960

January 28, 1961

October 6, 1962

October 12, 1963

May 16, 1964

July 4, 1964

December 5, 1964

January 16, 1965

March 20, 1965

July 3, 1965

August 14, 1965

August 26, 1967

This iconic image is very well known

29 maart 1976
'View of the World from 9th Avenue'

Some covers from the 90s

February 13, 1995 'Wilshire & Lex'

November 20, 1995  'Bicyclist'

January 6, 1997 '2000'

January 12, 1998 'The Man in the Mirror'

March 9, 1998 'The Five Senses'

May 24, 1999 'Here Now'

August 16, 1999 'Vin Rouge'

And posthumously the following two appeared

November 1, 2004 'Masks'

January 17, 2005