Artworks · William Steig

A Turkey Before Thanksgiving

1992 · Pen and black ink and brush with gray wash on ivory wove paper

24.5 × 30.6 cm (9 11/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Untitled (Angel and Devil)

1990 · Pen and black ink and watercolor (recto) and pen and black ink (verso) on white wover paper

23.2 × 30.6 cm (9 3/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Sardines

1989 · Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper

25.7 × 32.3 cm (10 1/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

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The Parting of the Ways

1988 · Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on white wove paper

19.1 × 27.9 cm (7 9/16 × 11 in.)

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I Do not Hate You. You're Projecting

1987 · Pen and black ink on white wove paper

24.9 × 32.6 cm (9 13/16 × 12 7/8 in.)

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Some people can't take a joke

1986 · Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on ivory wove paper

19.2 × 27.9 cm (7 9/16 × 11 in.)

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Tree of Life

1985 · Pen and black ink and gray wash on ivory wove paper

24 × 19 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Heartbroken Fans

1985 · Pen and black in on ivory wove paper

24.1 × 32.3 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)

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Men with Balls

1985 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on white wove paper

25.4 × 33.3 cm (10 × 13 1/8 in.)

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Togetherness

1985 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on ivory laid paper

21.8 × 30.4 cm (8 5/8 × 12 in.)

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The Mob

1985 · Pen and black ink and watercolor, with graphite, on ivory wove paper

21.4 × 28.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

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No Fair - Two Against One

1985 · Pen and black ink, with watercolor and graphite, on ivory wove paper

19.1 × 28.1 cm (7 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Sun Shower

1984 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

19.5 × 28 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Sleet

1984 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

19 × 27.9 cm (7 1/2 × 11 in.)

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Hail

1984 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

19.5 × 28 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Drizzle

1984 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

19.1 × 28.3 cm (7 9/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

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Scaredy-Cats

1984 · Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper

24.2 × 32 cm (9 9/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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New Neighborhood

1982 · Pen and black ink and gray wash on ivory laid paper

24.3 × 32.1 cm (9 5/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

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Parting of the Ways

1980 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on ivory wove paper

19 × 28 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.)

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A Stranger Passes By

1979 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

25.5 × 33.2 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

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Three Lives

1978 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

25.4 × 33.7 cm (10 × 13 5/16 in.)

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Night[mare] in New York

1978 · Pen and black ink with scraping on white wove paper

24.3 × 32.4 cm (9 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Untitled

1978 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on ivory wove paper

24 × 32 cm (9 1/2 × 12 5/8 in.)

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Untitled (Cigar, Native American, and Smoker)

1977 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

19.5 × 28.5 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Fight Night

1977 · Pen and black ink ivory wove paper

25.5 × 33.2 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

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Bore and Victim

1975 · Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on ivory laid paper

19.7 × 26 cm (7 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

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The Affectionate Panhandler

1975 · Pen and black ink and colored pencil on white wove paper

22.9 × 30.8 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

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Untitled (Dog Asks Man for Change)

1975 · Pen and black ink, with touches of white gouache, on ivory wove paper

22.9 × 30.5 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Scary [Worrisome] Room

1975 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

25.5 × 33.3 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

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Untitled (Woman Walking in Park)

1975 · Pen and black in on white wove paper

22.9 × 30.6 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Husbandmen

1975 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

27.4 × 28 cm (10 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Untitled (Men at Bar; Line Drawings)

1975 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper, crop lines in graphite, partially erased

22.9 × 30.5 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Untitled (Group of Figures with Clown)

1975 · Pen and black ink and watercolor (recto) and pen and black ink (verso) on white wove paper

19.3 × 28.2 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Untitled (Sleepwalking Man)

1974 · Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper

24.2 × 32.3 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

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Untitled (Five Characters)

1973 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on ivory laid paper

24.1 × 29.2 cm (9 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)

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Untitled (Man Fires Gun)

1972 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

22.9 × 30.4 cm (9 1/16 × 12 in.)

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Doodle

1972 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on ivory laid paper

20.9 × 24.1 cm (8 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

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Untitled (Men in Masks)

1971 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on ivory wove paper, with traces of crop lines in graphite, partially erased

22.9 × 30.5 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Acrobats

1970 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

25.2 × 32.6 cm (9 15/16 × 12 7/8 in.)

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Charade

1970 · Pen and black ink on ivory paper with fibrous inclusions

26.4 × 29.6 cm (10 7/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

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Untitled (Man Climbing with Chain)

1970 · Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

24 × 36 cm (9 1/2 × 14 3/16 in.)

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Untitled (Woman Scolding Beheaded Man)

1969 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

22.9 × 30.5 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Untitled (Heads on Green Background)

1969 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on ivory laid paper, laid down white wove paper

Primary support: 24.1 × 31.7 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 25.6 × 33.4 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/16 in.)

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Untitled (Roosters)

1965 · Brush and black ink and watercolor on ivory Japanese paper

26 × 27.4 cm (10 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.)

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Really Rotten Island Dummy

1963 · Pen and black ink, with blue ballpoint pen, graphite, watercolor, and type-written text on thin wove paper, laid down on eight sheets of ivory wove paper, folded and stapled into book form

Sheets, folded: 30.4 × 23 cm (12 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheets, unfolded: 30.4 × 45.4 cm (12 × 17 7/8 in.)

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Such an Advanced Civilization Would Know Nothing About War

1961 · Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on ivory wove paper

25.3 × 24.7 cm (10 × 9 3/4 in.)

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Untitled (Ink Blot with Flowers)

1960 · Pen and black ink, over blotted gray wash, on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Primary support: 14 × 10.7 cm (5 9/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 25.3 × 25.5 cm (10 × 10 1/16 in.)

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Mongrels have it up here

1960 · Pen and brush and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on cream wove paper

25.3 × 23 cm (10 × 9 1/16 in.)

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