One artist: Saul Steinberg. One subject: spectators looking thoughtfully at art in a gallery. Two years of publication: 1961 and 1969. Two magazines: Art in America and The New Yorker. One question: Could these two magazine covers be more different?
 Saul SteinbergArt in America, No. 2, 1961, Vol. 49, No. 2 |
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| "COVER: By Saul Steinberg, adapted from a drawing in The Labyrinth for the symposium 'What Should a Museum Be?'" |
The Art in America wraparound cover was not identical to the drawing as it first appeared in The Labyrinth (1960). For the symposium image, Steinberg added to the right-hand portion of the drawing. He gave the woman in the background a geometric hat and put another woman behind her, seemingly emerging from her back. He put the outline of another figure immediately behind the stout man at center. He also gave the picture on the right a three-dimensional frame thicker on the bottom than the top.
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Steinberg's later New Yorker cover depicts a similar setting, but with a remarkable stream of consciousness.
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| Saul Steinberg The New Yorker, October 18, 1969 |
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