Susanne Suba: Typesetter

A spot drawing of a typesetter by Susanne Suba was sold at Swann Auction Galleries in the Illustration Art sale of June 17, 2025. It was published in 1948 in The New Yorker. The man's attention, and ours, is focused on his hands.

Susanne Suba
Swann Aucton Galleries Illustration Art sale of June 17, 2025

https://www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/_61E45A9AB3

This is how it looked in the magazine:

Susanne Suba
The New Yorker, March 20,1948, p. 105

Susanne Suba
Original art
The New Yorker, March 20,1948, p. 105

With a spot drawing by Susanne Suba

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1948-03-20/flipbook/104/

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Two Steinberg Drawings

Two untitled drawings by Saul Steinberg are being offered together at Sotheby's New York in the June 7 Contemporary Art sale. The drawing of the cat is far better known, and deservedly so.

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/contemporary-art-n09004/lot.205.html

Sale price added June 7, 2013

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/contemporary-art-n09004/lot.205.html

Saul Steinberg, The New Yorker, January 28, 1967

Saul Steinberg, The New Yorker, January 28, 1967

March 30, 2014 Update:  The cat drawing is currently with the Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York.

http://www.adambaumgoldgallery.com/

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