Lot Essay
The theme of trains and railway stations were recurring themes in Steinberg's ouevre during the late 1940s and early 1950s the period to which this work dates.
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Railway at Night
Details
Saul Steinberg (Râmnicu Sarat 1914-1999 New York)
Railway at Night
signed and dated 'Steinberg 1951' (lower right)
pen and black ink and black wash with scratching out on card, unframed
14 ½ x 23 in. (36.8 x 58.4 cm.)
Railway at Night
signed and dated 'Steinberg 1951' (lower right)
pen and black ink and black wash with scratching out on card, unframed
14 ½ x 23 in. (36.8 x 58.4 cm.)
Literature
S .Steinberg, The Passport, New York, 1954, un-paginated.