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2006 · 32153 — 2006. New Haven / London Yale University Press 2006. Un vol. au format in-4 312 x 262 mm de 287 pp. Reliure d'ÂŽdition de pleine percaline marine sous jaquette illustrÂŽe. L'ouvrage s'agrÂŽmente d'une abondante iconographie en couleurs. ''Best known for his barbed and brilliant art for The New Yorker Saul Steinberg 1914 1999 did much more. He executed public murals designed fabrics and stage sets was an inventive collagist and printmaker and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting sculpture advertising and even wartime propaganda. This is the first comprehensive look at SteinbergÕs extraordinary contribution to 20th-century art which was that of a modern-day illuminator putting word and image in play to create art that spoke to the eyes and minds of readers. An introduction by poet Charles Simic tracks the origins of SteinbergÕs darkly comic sensibility in the Balkan bazaarÓ of his native Romania. Joel Smith shows how architectural training and an early rise to fame as a cartoonist in Fascist-era Milan honed the artistÕs gift for subtle graphic invention and explores why one of the most visible prolific potent and cosmopolitan careers in postwar American art has so thoroughly evaded serious study. Tracing the evolving motives that underlie SteinbergÕs multi-layered activity this handsome volume also raises fundamental questions about the historiography of modernism and the vexed status of the middlebrow avant-gardeÓ in an age of museum-bound art. Previously unseen sketches documents and printed matter from the artistÕs papers illustrate the essay career chronology and entries for 120 objects featured in this important book.'' Marge de chacun des plats de la jaquette insolÂŽe. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown