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Yale, 2006. Hardcover. Good/Good. The jacket is shelf worn and rubbed with the bottom edge of having a few small tears. The cover is slightly scratched, particularly from the back cover. Spine is slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Yale University Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 287 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Blind. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

New Haven CT: Yale University Press;, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 288 pages. Saul Steinberg (1914-99) described himself as a "writer who draws," thus inspiring curator Smith to characterize Steinberg's brilliantly satiric drawings as "illuminations," thus linking his work to illuminated manuscripts and, given Steinberg's love of literature, to a particular favorite, Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations. Smith also explores Steinberg's mission to illuminate the overlooked and the absurd. In the biographical sections of his beautifully crafted critique, Smith affectingly recounts Steinberg's life as a Jew in anti-Semitic Romania and an architecture student in Fascist Milan whose distinctive cartoons served as his ticket out of Nazi Europe and onto the pages of the New Yorker. Both Smith and renowned poet Charles Simic associate Steinberg's fascination with documents with his harrowing refugee experiences, while Simic, a fellow immigrant from the Balkans and a friend of Steinberg's, offers striking insights into the artist's comic sensibility. Both commentators reflect on the great change in Steinberg's work after 1960, as his images turned hallucinatory and nightmarish, his protest against tyranny more intense. As instantly recognizable as Steinberg's kinetic, punning, and slyly skewering art is, there hasn't been a comprehensive Steinberg book in years, making this outstanding volume invaluable in its reclamation of Steinberg's agile, philosophic, and category-defying art. Record # 362459

Hardbound in dust jacket.1st edition. Minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good [ Heavy. Contact for overseas shipping quote. ]

Hardbound in dust jacket.1st edition. Minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good [ Heavy. Contact for overseas shipping quote. ]

CT: Yale University Press, 2006. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 10 x 13 in. Blue cloth boards. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. Text spotless. DJ is NEAR FINE ; like near new, no wear. Extra shipping may apply. Art. RGR.

Yale University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First. Hardcover. 0300115865 . Single small bumped corner, bottom edge. .