Saul SteinbergAmerican, 1914–1999Mexican Airmail
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Before recognizing the elements of this image, we can sense dynamism, machinery, movement—the vocabulary of 1900s-style modern life. Closer inspection reveals the Spanish and English message that this is all about air mail. Saul Steinberg made a series of Cubistic abstract collage drawings based on specialized airmail stationery that had colorful borders of repeated diagonal stripes. The nearby circle recalls the whirring propeller of an airplane, whose other components are suggested by abstract shapes.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2018.122.7
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © The Saul Steinberg Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
