Saul Steinberg was born on June 15, 1914, in Râmnicu Sărat, Romania. He grew up in an educated Jewish family passionate about arts and letters. He began studying philosophy in Bucharest before moving to Italy in 1933 to study architecture at the Polytechnic School of Milan. At the same time, he started his career as a cartoonist by publishing in the Italian press, but he had to flee the fascist racial laws. In 1941, Steinberg emigrated to the United States with the help of The New Yorker magazine, which had discovered his drawings. He began collaborating with this prestigious magazine in 1941, a relationship that would last over fifty years. His inimitable style blends humor, irony, and a sharp perspective on contemporary society. He plays with the boundaries between drawing, writing, and architecture, blurring genres. He is especially famous for his New Yorker covers, particularly the famous illustration "View of the World from 9th Avenue" (1976), a satire of New York egocentrism. His work is not limited to illustration: he is also exhibited in many contemporary art museums, including MoMA. Saul Steinberg explores themes such as identity, language, cultures, and bureaucracy, often with absurd humor and great graphic finesse. He remains one of the few illustrators to have gained both popular and critical recognition in the art world. He died on May 12, 1999, in New York, leaving behind a prolific and profoundly original body of work. Note the stains and watermarks, see photo Type: Lithograph Genre: Art Deco Theme: Character.