Jan 30, 2025 - Sale 2692

Sale 2692 - Lot 146

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900

GEORGES SCHREIBER (1904 - 1977)


Noon, and
Spring Storm, (Pair).
i) Noon. Lithograph on paper. 235x336 mm; 9¼x 13¼ inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower left. Printed by Associated American Artists, New York.
ii) Spring Storm. Lithograph on paper. 241x343 mm; 9½x 13½ inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right. Printed by Associated American Artists, New York.

Schreiber was born in Brussels, Belgium, his education spanning several European cities before moving to New York in 1928. He was employed by the Works Project Administration between 1936-1939 which allowed him to travel throughout the United States as an artist. When the United States entered World War II, he was commissioned by the US Navy to illustrate posters popularizing the cause.