Cedar Bar
1981, published 1997
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View on museum website →Medium
aquatint and drypoint on Rives BFK paper
Dimensions
plate: 13 x 11.3 cm (5 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 39.9 x 35.5 cm (15 11/16 x 14 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock
Accession Number
2000.177.104
About the Artist
Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg, born in 1914 in Râmnicu Sărat, Romania, to a family of Russian Jewish descent, navigated a peripatetic early career shaped by geopolitical upheaval and intellectual curiosity. After a brief stint at the University of Bucharest, he enrolled in 1933 at the Polytechnic University of Milan, earning a degree in architecture in 1940. There, he honed his graphic skills contributing satiri...