Saul Steinberg's fabric designs are, like much of his work, wildly inventive, but that doesn't mean it's easy to find a market for a collection of manufactured articles, specifically three garment bags, seven small pillow cases, and a bolt of silk fabric. These textiles are fine works of design; Swann Galleries chose to include them in the Vintage Posters sale. They are problematic to price: they went unsold last year when offered with an estimate of $3,000 to $4,000. Yesterday, with a more moderate estimate of $2,000 to $3,000, the grouping was sold for $1,500—$1875 with the premium.
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| Wedding Picture (1950) Saul Steinberg Patterson Fabrics, New York, NY |
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Horses (1951) Saul Steinberg Piazza Prints, New York, NY |
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| Saul Steinberg Swann Galleries Vintage Posters, August 4, 2022, sale 2612, lot 407 |
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| Wedding Picture (1950) 642 x 37 inches, 1630 x 94 cm Saul Steinberg Patterson Fabrics, New York, NY |
A gray version from Patterson's affiliate Piazza Prints, here called Wedding, is in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt:
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| Wedding (1950) 710 x 770 cm Saul Steinberg Piazza Prints, New York, NY |
The Saul Steinberg Foundation's website shows the version with the blue background, also from the Cooper Hewitt:
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And it is the Cooper Hewitt, again, that has the full 1951 sidewall of Horses:
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