Untitled (People Looking Up)

Prints and Drawings

1949

Saul Steinberg
American, born Romania, 1914-1999

Steinberg was an acute observer of The world, and he often employed unusual perspectives, such as in this drawing, which presents a bird’s-eye view. The artist’s characteristic visual wit is also expressed in the figure’s odd body shapes (a product of the strange point of view), and how the subjects scrupulously inspect us as we gaze at them.

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Artist: Saul Steinberg
Title: Untitled (People Looking Up)
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1949
Medium: Pen and black ink, ruled in graphite, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 36.8 × 58.8 cm (14 1/2 × 23 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation
Reference Number: 2013.1508

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