The American cartoonist Saul Steinberg used a sparing two-dimensional line to observe the world around him and the artist within it. As well as producing many covers for the New Yorker over a sixty-year period, he created an elegant but illegible calligraphy, which he used to manufacture 'important' documents: certificates, passports, diplomas and licences. All were fake, and as a form of mockery of the self-importance of officialdom, they are superb, and as artworks quite beautiful. To see examples of these, click here.
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