Publisher's Synopsis
In 1948 R. O. Blechman, an eighteen-year-old displaced New Yorker and college freshman bored with life in an Ohio college town, wrote to the world-famous artist Saul Steinberg. His letter was a twenty-four-page illustrated and hand-sewn booklet entitled "Attention: Mr. Steinberg," requesting an original drawing "inscribed to me, please." A drawing did arrive, wrapped and carefully tied with red-and-white bakery string, thus beginning for Blechman a lifetime of admiration and study. Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) was one of America's most beloved artists, renowned for the covers and drawings that appeared in The New Yorker for over five decades. Attn: Mr. Steinberg tells the story of Blechman's life as it intertwines with Steinberg's and with New York, a city loved by both men that becomes a third character in this charming book. Both men profoundly influenced younger generations of artists. A generous sampling of their art-drawings, cartoons, and photographs-is included, many never before published.
