Artist Monograph

Saul Steinberg, American

American, born Romania. 1914–1999

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	29	69%
Drawing	4	9.5%
Screenprint	3	7.1%
Other Media	3	7.1%
Photography	1	2.4%
Etching	1	2.4%
Watercolor	1	2.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	33	78.6%
Architecture & Design	8	19%
Photography	1	2.4%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 19
Print — 10
Design — 8
Drawing — 4
Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	36.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	23	56.1%
Large (1–3 m)	3	7.3%

Range: 24.0 cm → 102.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1945	2
1956	1
1966	2
1967	4
1968	1
1969	1
1973	1
1974	1
1975	2
1976	3
1978	1
1979	1
1987	1
1991	19
2015	1
2019	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 42 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Head Print Acc. 176.1979	c. 1945	Zinc cut	composition (irreg.): 14 5/16 x 20 1/2" (36.4 x 52.1 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 x 22 1/4" (42.6 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The James Thrall Soby Bequest
Head Print Acc. 172.1945	1945	Zinc cut	composition: 14 1/4 x 18 1/2" (36.2 x 47 cm); sheet: 20 1/8 x 26 1/8" (51.1 x 66.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Hen Drawing Acc. 173.1945	(1945)	Ink on paper	14 1/2 x 23 1/8" (36.8 x 58.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
In the Manner of Matisse Drawing Acc. 1529.1968	c. 1946	Ink on paper	14 1/2 x 23" (36.8 x 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Railway Drawing Acc. 654.1967	1951	Ink on paper	20 1/2 x 25 3/8" (51.9 x 64.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Drawings, Etc. – Institute of Contemporary Art Design Acc. 495.1978	1952	Photo blow-up with original ink notations	28 3/8 x 22 1/2" (72.0 x 57.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Institute of Contemporary Art
Desins récents, Galerie Maeght, Paris avril – mai 1953 Design Acc. 227.1956	1953	Lithograph	30 1/2 × 19 1/2" (77.5 × 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Rooftop City Photograph Acc. 47.2015	1954	Gelatin silver print with applied ink	10 7/8 × 13 1/2" (27.6 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Richard O. Rieger
New York International Print Acc. 275.1966.1-10	1965–66, published 1966	Portfolio of seven screenprints, two lithographs, and one offset lithograph with objects in various media	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (see child records): dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tanglewood Press
Galerie Maeght 1966 Design Acc. 2271.1967	1966	Poster	24 3/4 x 18 1/2" (62.8 x 46.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Farland
Sam's Art from New York International Print Acc. 275.1966.10	1966	Lithograph from a portfolio of seven screenprints, two lithographs, and one offset lithograph with objects in various media	composition (irreg.): 15 1/2 x 21 15/16" (39.3 x 55.7 cm); sheet: 17 x 21 15/16" (43.2 x 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tanglewood Press
The Paris Review? Design Acc. 2301.1967	1967	Lithograph	40 x 25 3/4" (101.5 x 65.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Page, Arbitrio and Resen
Thirteen Colonies from 9 Print Acc. 2324.1967.9	1967	Lithograph from a portfolio of nine lithographs (one with embossing)	composition: 15 9/16 x 19 3/4" (39.5 x 50.1 cm); sheet: 17 x 22 3/16" (43.2 x 56.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Certified Landscape Print Acc. 1042.1969	1968	Lithograph and rubber stamp	composition: 18 3/8 × 21 1/2" (46.7 × 54.6 cm); sheet: 22 3/16 × 26 1/2" (56.4 × 67.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY Design Acc. 473.1976	1969	Photolithograph	30 1/6 x 40" (76.4 x 101.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Peter Stone Collection of Posters by Artists
Spoleto Festival 1969 Design Acc. 474.1976	1969	Offset lithograph	40 1/8 x 30" (102.0 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Peter Stone
Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Design Acc. 475.1976	1970	Offset lithograph	35 x 22 9/16" (88.9 x 57.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Peter Stone
Main Street Print Acc. 12.1974	1972–73	Lithograph	composition: 15 3/4 × 22" (40 × 55.9 cm); sheet: 22 5/8 × 30 1/16" (57.5 × 76.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
The Museum Print Acc. 183.1973	1972	Lithograph and embossing	composition (irreg.): 15 7/8 x 22 9/16" (40.3 x 57.3 cm); sheet: 20 3/4 x 28 1/8" (52.7 x 71.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
9 Landscapes Drawing Acc. 759.2019	1974	Watercolor, gouache, crayon, pencil, and stamps on paper	25 × 34 1/2" (63.5 × 87.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift in celebration of Bettina and Gianluigi Gabetti
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Design Acc. 243.1975	1974	Offset lithograph	37 × 24 3/4" (94 × 62.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Leo W. and Evelyn D. Farland Foundation
Untitled from For Meyer Schapiro Print Acc. 1358.1974.10	1974	Screenprint with stamp additions from a portfolio of four lithographs (one with embossing), three screenprints (one with stamp additions), two lithograph and screenprints (one with embossing), two etching and aquatints, and one duplicated drawing	composition (irreg.): 26 5/8 x 17 5/16" (67.6 x 44 cm); sheet: 31 1/8 x 23 3/16" (79 x 58.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bagley Wright
Sphynx Print Acc. 415.1987	1984	Etching	plate: 12 × 17 1/16" (30.5 × 43.3 cm); sheet: 21 1/4 × 25" (54 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.1-18	1990	Illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	prints (each): various dimensions; page (each): 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm); book overall (closed): 13 9/16 × 11 3/8 × 11/16" (34.4 × 28.9 × 1.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Frontispiece from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.1	1990	Woodcut from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	image: 9 7/16 × 8 1/16" (24 × 20.5 cm); sheet (tipped in): 10 1/2 × 9" (26.7 × 22.9 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.5	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 11 7/16 × 10 1/16" (29 × 25.5 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.6	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 9 1/2 × 7 9/16" (24.2 × 19.2 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.7	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 11 × 10 1/16" (28 × 25.5 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.8	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 10 5/8 × 9 1/8" (27 × 23.2 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.9	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 9 5/8 × 8 7/16" (24.4 × 21.5 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.10	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 11 11/16 × 10 3/16" (29.7 × 25.8 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.11	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 12 3/16 × 10 1/8" (31 × 25.7 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.12	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 11 1/4 × 9 15/16" (28.5 × 25.2 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.13	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 9 11/16 × 7 13/16" (24.6 × 19.8 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.14	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 12 1/8 × 10 5/8" (30.8 × 27 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.15	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 9 7/16 × 7 7/8" (24 × 20 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.16	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 11 3/4 × 10 1/4" (29.8 × 26.1 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.17	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 11 5/8 × 10 1/16" (29.5 × 25.5 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.18	1990	Woodcut from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	composition: 9 9/16 × 8 1/16" (24.3 × 20.5 cm); sheet (tipped in): 10 9/16 × 9 1/8" (26.8 × 23.2 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.2	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 12 3/16 × 9 15/16" (31 × 25.2 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.3	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 9 7/16 × 7 11/16" (24 × 19.5 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic
Untitled plate from Canal Street Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1991.4	1990	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts and sixteen offset lithographs tipped in	sheet (tipped in): 11 × 8 7/16" (28 × 21.5 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4" (34 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda and Julie Janovic