SAUL STEINBERG | Mannequins

Fabrizio Clerici, Rome (a gift from the artist in the 1950s)
Eros Renzetti, Rome (a gift from the above)

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is affixed to the mount on the verso of the upper corners. The lower edge is unevenly cut and there are artist's pinholes in the upper left and right corners.The sheet is lightly time-stained and there are faint handling marks to the left and right edges. There is a small tear to the right of the upper edge (approx. 0.5cm.) and a further nick to the upper section of the left edge (approx 0.3cm.). There are flattened creases running vertically and horizontally through the centre of the sheet, and a further flattened crease running diagonally through the lower right quadrant of the work. This work is in overall fairly good condition.
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The following drawings may be designs for a decorative bar screen which, during his stay in Italy, Steinberg had executed for Fontana Arte.