1960s Introduction

Around 1960, Steinberg’s life and art underwent significant change. He and Hedda Sterne separated, though they remained married and close friends. Steinberg became involved with Sigrid Spaeth, a German photography and art student working in New York. Their often fraught relationship endured until her death in 1996. In 1959, he had purchased a country house in Springs, within the town of Amagansett on the eastern end of Long Island, which became a refuge from the hectic social and professional life he led in the city. The focus of his art also shifted as he gave up most commercial assignments to concentrate on art for gallery exhibitions and drawings for The New Yorker.37 The number of gallery and museum exhibitions grew. (Steinberg would have more than eighty one-artist shows in his lifetime). And his covers began to appear regularly in The New Yorker, with many taking on a political, sociological, or cultural cast, passing judgment on the world as he saw it and, not incidentally, reflecting the contents of the magazine.38

Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, January 17, 1959
Cover of The New Yorker, January 17, 1959
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, July 1, 1967
Cover of The New Yorker, July 1, 1967
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, June 10, 1961
Cover of The New Yorker, June 10, 1961
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, December 5, 1964
Cover of The New Yorker, December 5, 1964
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, January 16, 1965
Cover of The New Yorker, January 16, 1965
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, March 7, 1970
Cover of The New Yorker, March 7, 1970
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, January 16, 1971
Cover of The New Yorker, January 16, 1971
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, October 20, 1975
Cover of The New Yorker, October 20, 1975
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, May 1, 1978
Cover of The New Yorker, May 1, 1978
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, November 29, 1976
Cover of The New Yorker, November 29, 1976

 

Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, November 3, 1980
Cover of The New Yorker, November 3, 1980
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, April 26, 1982.
Cover of The New Yorker, April 26, 1982.
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, May 11, 1987
Cover of The New Yorker, May 11, 1987
Cover of <em>The New Yorker</em>, May 11, 1987
Cover of The New Yorker, May 11, 1987

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