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The discovery of America, Saul Steinberg
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- Summary
- No sooner had he arrived on American shores in 1942 than Saul Steinberg embarked on an artistic journey of discovery: an exploration, in witty, sometimes disturbing, sometimes hilarious drawings, of this vast and diverse country. Over the decades Americans found themselves - in the pages of The New Yorker and in dozens of exhibitions and collections both public and private - revealed, dis-covered, by an artist endowed with a rare understanding of the national character, a profound appreciation for the uniquely American interplay between landscape and culture, and an unsparing eye for the native illusions. Now, for the first time, almost two hundred of these extraordinary works have been assembled in a beautiful collection chosen and sequenced by the artist himself. Journeying through Steinberg's America we encounter that ubiquitous phenomenon, the parade; we visit the distinctive, low-lying small towns that dot the countryside, the canyons of New York, the twenty-four-hour carnival that is Las Vegas. Here are the monoliths of our geography, our banks and post offices; here the Flat Earth, California, street battles, visible noise, handmade pennies, Woman's Liberation, Art, Prosperity, and taxicabs; here the people - cowboys and cowgirls, cultural icons, "monopods," unidentifiable wanderers (Who Are They?) - who inhabit the land; here the biting allegories that lend a new dimension to our hectic political life; here the beloved and well-known images that brilliantly, economically sum up a place and an attitude (e.g., the famous map of the world from the New York perspective); and here, at journey's end, a lyrical watercolor that points the way to a more hopeful future. As the distinguished critic Arthur Danto says in his penetrating introduction to this remarkable collection: "Steinberg is our national treasure, his hand the hand through which the nation inscribes itself in order to discover its true soul."
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The discovery of America
- Title
- The discovery of America
- Statement of responsibility
- Saul Steinberg
- Subject
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- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Drawing, American
- Humour par l'image américain
- Jewish illustrators
- Manners and customs
- Steinberg, Saul
- Steinberg, Saul -- Critique et interprétation
- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- United States
- United States -- Social life and customs | Caricatures and cartoons
- United States | Social life and customs | Caricatures and cartoons
- États-Unis -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Caricatures et dessins humoristiques
- Steinberg, Saul -- Zeichnung -- USA <Motiv> -- Karikatur -- Bildband
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- No sooner had he arrived on American shores in 1942 than Saul Steinberg embarked on an artistic journey of discovery: an exploration, in witty, sometimes disturbing, sometimes hilarious drawings, of this vast and diverse country. Over the decades Americans found themselves - in the pages of The New Yorker and in dozens of exhibitions and collections both public and private - revealed, dis-covered, by an artist endowed with a rare understanding of the national character, a profound appreciation for the uniquely American interplay between landscape and culture, and an unsparing eye for the native illusions. Now, for the first time, almost two hundred of these extraordinary works have been assembled in a beautiful collection chosen and sequenced by the artist himself. Journeying through Steinberg's America we encounter that ubiquitous phenomenon, the parade; we visit the distinctive, low-lying small towns that dot the countryside, the canyons of New York, the twenty-four-hour carnival that is Las Vegas. Here are the monoliths of our geography, our banks and post offices; here the Flat Earth, California, street battles, visible noise, handmade pennies, Woman's Liberation, Art, Prosperity, and taxicabs; here the people - cowboys and cowgirls, cultural icons, "monopods," unidentifiable wanderers (Who Are They?) - who inhabit the land; here the biting allegories that lend a new dimension to our hectic political life; here the beloved and well-known images that brilliantly, economically sum up a place and an attitude (e.g., the famous map of the world from the New York perspective); and here, at journey's end, a lyrical watercolor that points the way to a more hopeful future. As the distinguished critic Arthur Danto says in his penetrating introduction to this remarkable collection: "Steinberg is our national treasure, his hand the hand through which the nation inscribes itself in order to discover its true soul."
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Steinberg, Saul
- Dewey number
- 741.5/973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- NC1429.S588
- LC item number
- A4 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Steinberg
- Steinberg, Saul
- Steinberg, Saul
- United States
- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- Humour par l'image américain
- États-Unis
- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- Manners and customs
- United States
- Drawing, American
- Jewish illustrators
- Label
- The discovery of America, Saul Steinberg
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm26909472
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 208 p.
- Isbn
- 9780679402787
- Lccn
- 92052959
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly ill. (all col.)
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o26909472
- (OCoLC)26909472
- Label
- The discovery of America, Saul Steinberg
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm26909472
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 208 p.
- Isbn
- 9780679402787
- Lccn
- 92052959
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly ill. (all col.)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o26909472
- (OCoLC)26909472
Subject
- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Drawing, American
- Humour par l'image américain
- Jewish illustrators
- Manners and customs
- Steinberg, Saul
- Steinberg, Saul -- Critique et interprétation
- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- United States
- United States -- Social life and customs | Caricatures and cartoons
- United States | Social life and customs | Caricatures and cartoons
- États-Unis -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Caricatures et dessins humoristiques
- Steinberg, Saul -- Zeichnung -- USA <Motiv> -- Karikatur -- Bildband
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