Saul Steinberg

Sam's Art

1966

A cartoonish Uncle Sam paints beside a pyramid labeled "Annuit Coeptis" with a cannon and eagle.
A cartoonish Uncle Sam paints beside a pyramid labeled "Annuit Coeptis" with a cannon and eagle.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1966

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 × 21 7/8 in. (43.2 × 55.6 cm) Image: 15 3/8 × 21 7/8 in. (39.1 × 55.6 cm)

Accession number
66.94.9

Edition
Q/Y | Ed. 225

Publication
Printed by Irwin Hollander; published by Tanglewood Press, Inc.

Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Aaron H. Esman

Rights and reproductions
© The Saul Steinberg Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York

API
artworks/5592

Part of a series:
New York International
9 works

A large flat black square panel centered on a white background with thin white border.
Abstract black ink blotch resembling a jumping figure above a thick horizontal stroke inside a simple border.
A cartoonish Uncle Sam paints beside a pyramid labeled "Annuit Coeptis" with a cannon and eagle.
Hands arranging small stacked stones amid sketches and circular mixed media drawings.
A smiling woman looks upward while her face is framed by a glowing circular ring.
Abstract composition of black and gray brush shapes with a central red blotch and scribbled lines.
Large red rounded shape dominates bright yellow background with a smaller green curved form at left.
A stylized diamond with red lips and curling smoke tied to a striped red, white, and blue ribbon.

Saul Steinberg
19 works in the collection, 7 exhibitions

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