Nationality

American

Artist Dates

1914-1999

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Date of Work

1974

Medium

Lithograph and screen print with debossing in colors

Edition #

71/100

Signature

Lower right

Height

35 3/4" (framed)

Width

26 1/8" (framed)

Collection/Provenance

Published by The Committee to Endow a Chair in Honor of Meyer Schapiro (1904-1996) at Columbia University.

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Stored: FF_005_B

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Artist Bio

Born in Romania, Steinberg was best known as an illustrator and was acclaimed especially for covers and drawings appearing in The New Yorker and other magazines for over a half century. Although best remembered for his commercial work, Steinberg also produced paintings, drawings, collages, prints, and sculptures, and he exhibited them internationally.

Married to Abstract Expressionist painter Hedda Sterne, Steinberg exhibited his work in group shows with prominent fine artists of his day—including Robert Motherwell, whose work is included in the For Meyer Schapiro print portfolio along with Steinberg’s.

Additional Information

This artwork is from a portfolio of original prints published in recognition of Meyer Schapiro (1904-1996), a distinguished art historian who was very much appreciated by major contemporary artists of his day.

In 1974, a committee was formed to establish a Chair in Art History at Columbia University in Schapiro's honor. The portfolio, published in an edition of 100, was produced to raise funds to support the Chair. UND’s set of portfolio prints are numbered 71/100.

Condition

Excellent

Rights

Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”

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