Derrière le Miroir (DLM) is an art magazine that was published by Aimé Maeght between the years 1946 and 1982. Each issue presented a portfolio of an artist's work related to an exhibition at the Galerie Maeght, located on the Left Bank of the Seine. The May 1977 issue, #224, features the work of Saul Steinberg. One of the pages shown here from the signed limited edition's current listing on AbeBooks appeared as a cover for the New Yorker and another is a very close variant of a New Yorker cover.
The color words original also bears a New Yorker copyright notice, but here it is correct. This DLM print is made from the very same art as the 1972 New Yorker cover.
Note: Derrière le Miroir translates as Behind the Mirror. But we all know you didn't need me to tell you what derrière meant.
Saul Steinberg appeared in a total of seven numbers of Derrière le Miroir. The first from 1953 is a double issue and the last from 1980 was shared with artist Richard Lindner. Here's the rundown:
#53-54, 1953:
#157, 1966:
#192, June 1971:
#205, September 1973:
#224, May 1977:
#241 (with Richard Lindner), October 1980:
At the time of this posting, the signed limited edition DLM issue #224 of May 1977 was still available for sale on AbeBooks. The price is 650 Euros.
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| Saul SteinbergDerrière Le Miroir No. 224, May 1977 AbeBooks Listing Accessed March 19, 2020 |
For some reason Steinberg took the trouble to affix a New Yorker copyright notice to the lower right corner of the cat and water pitcher original reproduced in DLM. Yet a comparison of the DLM print with the published magazine cover shows that the DLM art is not the same as the art used for the New Yorker cover; the two are close but very distinct variants.
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| Saul Steinberg The New Yorker, August 25, 1975 |
The color words original also bears a New Yorker copyright notice, but here it is correct. This DLM print is made from the very same art as the 1972 New Yorker cover.
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| Saul Steinberg The New Yorker, October 21, 1972 |
Note: Derrière le Miroir translates as Behind the Mirror. But we all know you didn't need me to tell you what derrière meant.
Saul Steinberg appeared in a total of seven numbers of Derrière le Miroir. The first from 1953 is a double issue and the last from 1980 was shared with artist Richard Lindner. Here's the rundown:
#53-54, 1953:
#157, 1966:
At the time of this posting, the signed limited edition DLM issue #224 of May 1977 was still available for sale on AbeBooks. The price is 650 Euros.
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