Poem Illustrations: The Saul Poems

In the 1960's Irwin collaborated with his brother, the poet, Saul Touster, on a series of poems and drawings. The poems were printed on sheets of drawing paper, and Irwin's drawings surrounded the type with images that played off Saul’s poetry.

When two brothers have, each in his own art, arrived at common themes,
their work is not so much a collaboration as a natural product of
biography. Here, in this confluence of drawing and poems, the poem
retains the integrity of its printed form, the drawing its visual immediacy.
They are their own together.
-Saul Touster, 1965

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10-SP

Title: “Songs for an old affair”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

9-SP

Title: “Songs for an old affair”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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1-SP

Title: “Come, Lady, Loosen”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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6-SP

Title: “Songs for an old affair”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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8-SP

Title: “Songs for an old affair”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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32B-SP

Title: “Summer”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

927-SP

Title: “Lake Equinunk”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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943-SP

Title: “Family”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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33B-SP

Title: “Owl”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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930C-SP

Title: “Winter”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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942-SP

Title: “On Rising”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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15-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-At work in his studio”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

17-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-His family life”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

19-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-Days and nights”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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34-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-At work in his studio”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

35-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-His model cuts both ways”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

36-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-Sketches towards a self-portrait”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

28-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-Sketched towards a self-portrait”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

3-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-Even aesthetics may be relevant”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

29-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-His model cuts both ways”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
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31-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-His family life”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

30-SP

Title: “Salo, the Artist-At work in his studio”
Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1960’s
Medium: ink/type on paper

Brothers Poem-SP

Poetry: Saul Touster/ Drawings: Irwin Touster
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Date: 1965
Medium: ink/type on paper