Karl Bissinger
Saul Steinberg
1949
9 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (23.50 x 26.03 cm)
Gelatin silver print
Purchased on the Photography Collectors Committee Fund.
2022.171
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: in ink, upper left, "Credit: Karl Bissinger"; stamped, upper center, "PHOTO BY / KARL BISSINGER"; in ink, "Saul Seinberg / Photo: Karl Bissinger"
Provenance
Paul Hertzmann.
Summary
Portrait of Romanian-American artist Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), facing left and seated with feet propped in a chair in front of him. He looks at the camera while drawing on a notepad in his lap, and is surrounded by snowy trees.
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