{"product_id":"the-labyrinth-hardcover","title":"The Labyrinth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaul Steinberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicholson Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eHarold Rosenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA seminal work by an artist whose drawings in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLIFE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications influenced an entire generation of American artists and writers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaul Steinberg's \u003ci\u003eThe Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1960 and long out of print, is more than a simple catalog or collection of drawings. These carefully arranged pages record a brilliant, constantly evolving imagination confronting modern life. Here is Steinberg, as he put it at the time, discovering and inventing a great variety of events: \"Illusion, talks, music, women, cats, dogs, birds, the cube, the crocodile, the museum, Moscow and Samarkand (winter, 1956), other Eastern countries, America, motels, baseball, horse racing, bullfights, art, frozen music, words, geometry, heroes, harpies, etc.\" This edition, featuring a new introduction by Nicholson Baker, an afterword by Harold Rosenberg, and new notes on the artwork, will allow readers to discover this unique and wondrous book all over again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamed worldwide for giving graphic definition to the postwar age, \u003cb\u003eSaul Steinberg \u003c\/b\u003e(1914-1999) had one of the most remarkable careers in American art. While renowned for the covers and drawings that appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003efor nearly six decades, he was equally acclaimed for the drawings, paintings, prints, collages, and sculptures he exhibited internationally in galleries and museums. He published nineteen books in his lifetime, including \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholson Baker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten novels and six works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eA Box of Matches \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Anthologist\u003c\/i\u003e, both \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books of the Year, and \u003ci\u003eDouble Fold\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Maine with his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Rosenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1978) was an art historian and critic who is remembered as one of the most incisive and supportive critics of abstract expressionism. He was a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Partisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e and served as an art critic at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.6 x 10.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770368262432,"sku":"9781681372433","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8c79082f6eb9721b11b473296d87387f.webp?v=1780370318","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-labyrinth-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}