COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Steinberg, Saul
Date:
1976
Short Title:
The New Yorker. Steinberg. 1976. The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
Publisher:
New Yorker magazine, Inc.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
107
Obj Width cm:
74
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Colored pictorial view of the World from 9th Avenue is a 1976 illustration by Saul Steinberg that served as the cover of the March 29, 1976, edition of The New Yorker. The work presents the view from Manhattan of the rest of the world showing Manhattan as the center of the world. The illustration is split in two parts, with the bottom half of the image showing Manhattan's 9th Avenue, 10th Avenue, and the Hudson River (appropriately labeled), and the top half depicting the rest of the world. It is a westward view over 10th Avenue. The rest of the United States is the size of the three New York City blocks and is drawn as a rectangle bounded by North American neighbors Canada and Mexico, with a thin brown strip along the Hudson representing "Jersey", the names of five cities (Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Las Vegas; Kansas City; and Chicago) and three states (Texas, Utah, and Nebraska) scattered among a few rocks for the United States beyond New Jersey, which is in bolder font than the rest of the country beyond the Hudson. Washington, D.C. is depicted as a remote location near Mexico. The Pacific Ocean, perhaps half again as wide as the Hudson, separates the United States from three flattened land masses labeled China, Japan and Russia.
City:
New York (N.Y.)
Region:
Manhattan (N.Y.C.)
Subject:
Pictorial map
Subject:
Satirical
Full Title:
The New Yorker. Steinberg. (Copyright) 1976. The New Yorker Magazine , Inc.
List No:
8145.000
Publication Author:
Steinberg, Saul
Pub Date:
1976
Pub Title:
The New Yorker. Steinberg. (Copyright) 1976. The New Yorker Magazine , Inc.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
8145.000
Pub Type:
View
Pub Height cm:
107
Pub Width cm:
74
Image No:
8145000.jp2
Authors:
Steinberg, Saul
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