{"product_id":"the-discovery-of-america-1","title":"The Discovery of America","description":"No sooner had he arrived on American shores in 1942 than Saul Steinberg embarked on an artistic journey of discovery: an exploration  in witty  sometimes disturbing  sometimes hilarious drawings  of this vast and diverse country. Over the decades Americans found themselves - in the pages of The New Yorker and in dozens of exhibitions and collections both public and private - revealed  dis-covered  by an artist endowed with a rare understanding of the national character  a profound appreciation for the uniquely American interplay between landscape and culture  and an unsparing eye for the native illusions. Now  for the first time  almost two hundred of these extraordinary works have been assembled in a beautiful collection chosen and sequenced by the artist himself. Journeying through Steinbergs America we encounter that ubiquitous phenomenon  the parade; we visit the distinctive  low-lying small towns that dot the countryside  the canyons of New York  the twenty-four-hour carnival that is Las Vegas. Here are the monoliths of our geography  our banks and post offices; here the Flat Earth  California  street battles  visible noise  handmade pennies  Womans Liberation  Art  Prosperity  and taxicabs; here the people - cowboys and cowgirls  cultural icons  \"monopods \" unidentifiable wanderers (Who Are They?) - who inhabit the land; here the biting allegories that lend a new dimension to our hectic political life; here the beloved and well-known images that brilliantly  economically sum up a place and an attitude (e.g.  the famous map of the world from the New York perspective); and here  at journeys end  a lyrical watercolor that points the way to a more hopeful future. As the distinguished critic Arthur Danto says in his penetrating introduction to this remarkable collection: \"Steinberg is our national treasure  his hand the hand through which the nation inscribes itself in order to discover its true soul.\"","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44644378181685,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679402780","price":223.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0679402780_a0a963d1-785c-4062-9645-759fb7c275e3.jpg?v=1765021943","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-discovery-of-america-1","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}