View of the World from 9th Avenue by Saul Steinberg, 1976

This vintage lithograph poster reproduces Saul Steinberg’s iconic illustration, which originally appeared as the cover for the March 29, 1976 edition of The New Yorker magazine.

The artwork offers a satirical take on the Manhattan resident’s egocentric worldview, using fine linework to contrast the detailed, bustling foreground of 9th and 10th Avenues with a vast, sparsely populated American landscape beyond the Hudson River. The composition features stylized brownstones, warehouses, and city traffic in the foreground, transitioning to generalized landmarks and simple mounds representing cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas across a minimalist horizon.

The Pacific Ocean bounds the depicted landscape, leading to distant, narrow strips representing China, Japan, and Russia. The piece bears the artist’s printed signature, 'Steinberg', in the lower right corner, along with a printed copyright line from 1976. The lithograph is presented under glass within a contemporary black metal poster frame, measuring 42 by 29 inches. It remains a classic example of 20th-century American satirical illustration and mid-century urban graphic commentary.