Saul Steinberg

(American, 1914–1999)

Saul Steinberg was a Romanian cartoonist and illustrator best known for his iconic contributions to The New Yorker magazine. Steinberg’s drawing style is characterized by a playful, childlike-doodle quality while also maintaining an elegant deftness that succinctly described a wide range of subjects. His quirky, sharply observed sketches, at times reminiscent of Dada art, also crossed over into the fine arts world. Along with Arshile Gorky and Robert Motherwell, Steinberg exhibited work at in the landmark “Fourteen Americans” show at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1948 and at the Betty Parsons Gallery, which was then at the center of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Born on June 15, 1914 in Râmnicu Sarat, Romania, Steinberg went on to study philosophy at the University of Bucharest but opted not to finish his degree, instead enrolling as an architecture student at the Politecnico di Milano in Milan. Steinberg fled Italy in 1941 with the rise of the anti-Semitic policies, eventually settling in the United States where the artist went on to create over 1,200 drawings for The New Yorker, including 87 covers. Steinberg died on May 12, 1999 in New York, NY. 

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Saul Steinberg Artworks

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Saul Steinberg (1,354 results)
China Money Table, 1981

Saul Steinberg

China Money Table, 1981

Sale Date: May 13, 2021

Auction Closed

Conditioned Reflexer, 1965

Saul Steinberg

Conditioned Reflexer, 1965

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

Auction Closed

Unused poster design for Steinberg’s 1969..., 1969

Saul Steinberg

Unused poster design for Steinberg’s 1969..., 1969

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

Auction Closed

Birds on Graph Paper, 1951

Saul Steinberg

Birds on Graph Paper, 1951

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

Auction Closed

SAM'S ART (AUS: NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL), 1966

Saul Steinberg

SAM'S ART (AUS: NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL), 1966

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

Auction Closed

THE GUILD HALL MUSEUM / EAST HAMPTON NY. 1969, 1969

Saul Steinberg

THE GUILD HALL MUSEUM / EAST HAMPTON NY. 1969, 1969

Sale Date: February 18, 2021

Auction Closed

Annuit Coeptis with Abraham Lincoln from the , 1967

Saul Steinberg

Annuit Coeptis with Abraham Lincoln from the , 1967

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

Auction Closed

Saul Steinberg Mixed Media Painting with..., 1974

Saul Steinberg

Saul Steinberg Mixed Media Painting with..., 1974

Sale Date: February 6, 2021

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Untitled, 1969–1970

Saul Steinberg

Untitled, 1969–1970

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

Auction Closed

Horse and Cowboy, 1951

Saul Steinberg

Horse and Cowboy, 1951

Sale Date: May 28, 2020

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1969

Saul Steinberg

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: December 18, 2020

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1977

Saul Steinberg

Untitled, 1977

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1974

Saul Steinberg

Untitled, 1974

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

Auction Closed

Union Square, 1973, 1973

Saul Steinberg

Union Square, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

Auction Closed

Two Worlds, 1964

Saul Steinberg

Two Worlds, 1964

Sale Date: December 8, 2020

Auction Closed

Relics II, 1974

Saul Steinberg

Relics II, 1974

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

Auction Closed

Hemingway Table, 1987

Saul Steinberg

Hemingway Table, 1987

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

Auction Closed

Still Life with Poster, 1981

Saul Steinberg

Still Life with Poster, 1981

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

Auction Closed

Chrysler Building at Night, 1976–1982

Saul Steinberg

Chrysler Building at Night, 1976–1982

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

Auction Closed

Downtown Girls, 1986

Saul Steinberg

Downtown Girls, 1986

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1966

Saul Steinberg

Untitled, 1966

Sale Date: December 5, 2020

Auction Closed

Cairo 1943, 1967

Saul Steinberg

Cairo 1943, 1967

Sale Date: December 5, 2020

Auction Closed

Horse and Jockey, 1958

Saul Steinberg

Horse and Jockey, 1958

Sale Date: October 21, 2020

Auction Closed

EXHIBIT A, 1973

Saul Steinberg

EXHIBIT A, 1973

Sale Date: October 6, 2020

Auction Closed

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