BIB_ID
266105
Accession number
MA 12781.1-3
Creator
Steinberg, Saul.
Published
1944.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2007.
Description
3 prints.
Notes
Reproductions of cartoons published in The New Yorker, July 8, 1944, and June 10, 1944.
Title supplied by cataloger.
One print is signed and dated by the artist.
Title supplied by cataloger.
One print is signed and dated by the artist.
394 x 280 mm (each)
Inscriptions/Markings
"To Peter STEINBERG Sept. 1944"--in ink on bottom right recto of first sheet.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
Summary
Group of cartoons about American troops in Italy during World War II: they are seen in such activities as gazing at an ornate ceiling, going to a cafe, resting on a food ration box, sitting in a piazza, looking at trinkets for sale, getting their shoes shined, and having their picture taken with a local woman.
Medium
Photomechanical print on paper.
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