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Untitled (False Letters)
Saul Steinberg (American (born in Romania), 1914–1999)
1950–1952
Medium/Technique
Ink (black, blue and purple) on three sheets of hotel letterhead (sheets burned, stained, and folded by Steinberg); top center, faux distressed photograph: ink wash on torn and folded paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.1 × 41.9 cm (15 × 16 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation
Accession Number2019.467
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Steinberg 09016
Marks
Betty Parsons label, 1952, no. 62; Stanley Marcus mailing address; Sotheby's, New York, 11.16.02.
ProvenanceThe artist, to Stanley Marcus, Dallas, TX; November 16, 2002, Stanley Marcus Sale, Sotheby's, New York, to The Saul Steinberg Foundation; 2019, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
Copyright© The Saul Steinberg Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York