Funny perceived spaces / Drôles d’espaces perçus. Saul Steinberg, Alexandre Vialatte
This famous drawing titled New Yorker map of the World is from Saul Steinberg. The New Yorker published it on its cover on March 29, 1976. It is often seen as a satire of the New Yorkers’ « smug provincialism ». Actually, it is a beautiful and satiric expression of a much more general mental geography. People…