Saul Steinberg: Now or Never!

Many fine and wonderful items get away from me on eBay but this one hurt: an original drawing from The New Yorker by Saul Steinberg. It is from the collection of Neil and Susan Sheehan, she a writer for the magazine, and it was sold hours before I ever became aware of it. I doubt whether one could have gotten such a good price, $750, even as far back as 1980. The publication date was in 1969.

Now or Never!
Saul Steinberg
Framed original art
The New Yorker, August 30, 1969, p. 23

The drawing may very well be untitled but I took the liberty . . .

Saul Steinberg's signature

There are, unfortunately, condition issues. Art of this quality should have been framed archivally from the getgo. The framing, I believe, was the work The New Yorker.

Detail

Saul Steinberg
eBay listing ended May 15, 2026

https://www.ebay.com/itm/406928826919?itmmeta=01KRSRVE2VSGAREKR3PV814J9W&hash=item5ebed92227:g:1owAAeSw44JqByyE

Saul Steinberg
eBay item description

Now or Never!
Saul Steinberg
The New Yorker, August 30, 1969, p. 23

Now or Never!
Saul Steinberg
Framed original art
The New Yorker, August 30, 1969, p. 23

With a spot drawing of the Seine by FP and a drawing by Saul Steinberg

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1969-08-30/flipbook/022/

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On the opposite page of the spread is a much smaller spot drawing signed FP. It is a lovely evocation of the Seine in Paris, a place New Yorker readers might well visit in the month of August. The art is direct and bold and in no way trying to compete with the Steinberg. Does anyone recognize the illustrator to whom those initials belong?

Spot drawing of the Seine
FP
The New Yorker, August 30, 1969, p. 22

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