Artist of the Day, October 9, 2020: Inge Morath. Photographer; Saul Steinberg, Painter, illustrator (#1115)

Mask Series With Saul Steinberg Photographed by Inge Morath, 1959-1962

Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) was one of America’s most beloved artists, renowned for the covers and drawings that appeared in The New Yorker for nearly six decades and for the drawings, paintings, prints, collages, and sculptures exhibited internationally in galleries and museums

In 1958, when photographer Inge Morath went to his home to make a portrait, Steinberg came to the door wearing a mask which he had fashioned from a paper bag. Over a period of several years, they collaborated on a series of portraits, inviting individuals and groups of people to pose for Morath wearing Steinberg's masks. Another long-term project was Morath's documentation of many of the most important productions of Arthur Miller's plays.

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Ms. Inge Morath

Mr. Saul Steinberg

1959, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1961, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1961, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1961, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1962, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1962, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1962, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1962, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1962, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1962, Untitled. Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath 

1962, Small Family Group, Chelsea Hotel

1962, Three people in a car

1962, Mask Series with Saul Steinberg photographed by Inge Morath

1962, Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

1962, Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

1962, Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

1962, Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath

Untitled, from the Mask Series with Saul Steinberg and Inge Morath