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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PREMIERES FIRST SAUL STEINBERG CAREER RETROSPECTIVE

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations
December 1, 2006, through March 4, 2007

Press Preview: Thursday, November 30, 2006, 9 a.m. until noon

New York, NY, October 10, 2006–Saul Steinberg (1914–1999), an artist whose magic lit up the pages and covers of The New Yorker for six decades, is the subject of a major retrospective exhibition making its debut at The Morgan Library & Museum from December 1, 2006, through March 4, 2007. Saul Steinberg: Illuminations features more than one hundred drawings, collages, and sculptural assemblages by the artist whom many regard as not only a comic genius but among the greatest draftsmen of the modern era.

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