Pictorial Conceits

By the 1950s, Steinberg’s drawings in The New Yorker were offering a perspective on 20th-century life—architecture, rural and urban living, politics, art, family relationships, and the human condition. It was also in this decade that he began to probe the synesthetic potential of drawing—the ability of line to create graphic equivalents to non-visual sensations. A … Continue reading Pictorial Conceits