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Cartoon drawing signed 'Steinberg' (upper right) pen and ink on strathmore paper 36 x 57.5cmCondition report: Paper toned and discoloured, some areas of cockling, a large crease running from top bottom around 17cm in from left hand sideThis drawing was originally published in The New Yorker, October 28th, 1972, p.42 and accompanied an essay by George Steiner on chess titled "The Sporting Scene: Fields of Force".We are grateful to Ms Sheila Schwartz from The Saul Steinberg Foundation in New York for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.Provenance: Collection of the late Professor Francis George Steiner, FBA.

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