Don Quixote and Sancho Panza | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1960.16
People: Saul Steinberg, American (Râmnicu-Sarat, Romania 1914 - 1999 New York, NY)
Title: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Abraham Lincoln-Uncle Sam and Santa Claus
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1959
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308550

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and colored pencil on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

32 x 47.4 cm (12 5/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, l.r.: Steinberg 1959
inscription: l.r., in image, black ink, in artist's hand: annuit cœptis

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Saul Steinberg, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Saul Steinberg
Accession Year: 1960
Object Number: 1960.16
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Image of America in Caricature and Cartoon, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 10/16/1975 - 12/14/1975; Fort Wayne Public Library, Fort Wayne, 02/02/1976 - 03/14/1976; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 10/13/1976 - 11/21/1976

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