Untitled
Untitled
Artist
Saul Steinberg
(Romanian American, 1914 - 1999)
Date1966
MediumInk, pencil, and rubber stamp on paper
Dimensions23 1/4 × 29 in. (59.1 × 73.7 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation, 2024.86
Signedu.r., in black ink: Steinberg / 1966
Accession number
2024.86
On View
On viewLabel TextIs there someone or something you never want to forget?
Gutzon Borglum led a team of skilled carvers to sculpt his design for Mount Rushmore into the Black Hills, the Lakota ancestral land of present-day South Dakota. Printmaker Reginald Marsh depicted a monument he often passed in Union Square Park, drawing it from below so Geroge Washington appears even larger than nearby skyscrapers.
Unlike Washington and Mount Rushmore, artist Saul Steinberg’s monument to an anonymous figure wearing a headdress is imaginary. Like Marsh, Steinberg was interested in political commentary, often drawing imagined politicians, buildings, and monuments with cheeky hidden messages. [120 without any of the question prompts]
¿Hay alguien o algo que nunca quiera olvidar?
Gutzon Borglum lideró a un equipo de hábiles escultores para esculpir su diseño del Monte Rushmore en las Colinas Negras, la tierra ancestral de los lakota en la actual Dakota del Sur. El grabador Reginald Marsh representó un monumento por el que solía pasar en Plaza de la Unión (Union Square Park), dibujándolo desde abajo para que George Washington pareciera aún más grande que los rascacielos de los alrededores.
A diferencia de Washington y el Monte Rushmore, el monumento del artista Saul Steinberg a una figura anónima con un tocado es imaginario. Al igual que Marsh, Steinberg estaba interesado en el comentario político y con frecuencia dibujaba políticos, edificios y monumentos imaginarios con mensajes ocultos y atrevidos.
Inscribedverso, l.l., in pencil: 6360 Drawer 82
verso, l.r., in pencil: PW# 31550
Markingsrecto, u.r., in red ink: [illegible stamp]
recto, u.r., in black ink: [illegible stamp]
recto, u.r., in red ink: RUBBERSTAMP
recto, c.r., in black ink: [illegible stamp]
verso, on paper: illustrated stamps
2022-2023
