Saul Steinberg papers

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Saul Steinberg papers

1417-2001

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.steinberg

The Saul Steinberg Papers consist of correspondence, artwork, professional papers, personal papers, photographs, published artwork, clippings, collected and source material, realia, financial papers, and audio-visual material documenting artist Saul Steinberg’s professional and personal activities. The papers document Steinberg’s development as an artist, his career as a fine artist and as an illustrator for the The New Yorker magazine, his travels, his personal life, and his personal and professional relationships, including his relationships with his wife artist Hedda Sterne and with his partner Sigrid Spaeth. Spaeth’s papers, consisting of correspondence, photographs, personal papers, professional papers, and some audio-visual materials, are also included. The bulk of the papers date from 1931-1999, primarily from Steinberg’s life after immigrating to the United States in 1942. Also included are ephemera, manuscripts, and other printed material from the 15th-19th centuries collected by Steinberg during his lifetime.

578.6 Linear Feet ((567 boxes) + 2 rolls, 86 broadsides, 1 record album storage)

eng, Latn

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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