1944, 1944-14 x 22 cm
Box 86, Folder 1930, Box 86, Folder 1930
Abstract Or Scope
Brown spiral-bound "Schizzi e Disegni" sketchbook. Drawings from World War II service in Italy, later published in All in Line. Includes buildings, monuments, and street scenes of Rome and unidentified small towns. SSF3184
1946, 1946-19 x 13 cm
Box 83, Folder 1903, Box 83, Folder 1903
Abstract Or Scope
Gray "Grumbacher Monterey Drawing Sketchbook" with drawings of hotel, office, and restaurant interiors; television cameras and broadcast equipment; and portraits including Alger Hiss. SSF3182
Brown clothbound sketchbook, half blank, with some pages removed. Includes women in bathtubs, interiors, a child chased by a goose, and a child in bed beneath a painting of a tiger. SSF4850
Tan sketchbook with "Peal & Co. letter adhered to cover. Includes pyramid scenes, small figures with a giant, abstractions, and figures in camouflage. SSF4902
Yellow spiral-bound sketchbook with newspaper photo of man and woman on cover. Label on cover in unidentified hand: "Cat + butterfly / geese goose stepping." Includes drawings of chefs, cats, and figures standing in frying pans and pots. SSF4900
Audiocassette case includes photocopy of a photograph of Steinberg smoking a cigarette with a red and green border in wax crayon. Notes on inside of case: "Saul playing the violin; on a bus in Morocco April '89."
This subseries consists of a few account books and daily dairies Steinberg used to track his earnings from contract work and commissions. Earnings are noted with brief notations by year or month and tallied up. Earnings were recorded inconsistently and are likely incomplete.
Active Duty, 1978-Ink wash, graphite, wax crayons, colored pencil, and Conté crayon on paper, sheet 28 x 35 cm, mounted on board 40 x 47 cm.
Box 536 (Oversize), Folder 7217, Box 536 (Oversize), Folder 7217
This subseries consists of Steinberg's address books and his diaries, day planners, calendars and notebooks documenting his daily activities. Diaries, day planners, and calendars include brief notations for deadlines, appointments, shopping lists, and reminders. Most are filled with geometric doodles and lists of phone numbers and addresses. Notations about social engagements and contract work are also included. Steinberg periodically used day planners and calendars as personal diaries with notes on dreams, observations, experiences and ideas for drawings. Includes published calendars and day planners from The New Yorker, Hallmark, and the Museum of Modern Art featuring Steinberg artwork. Some later notebooks from the 1990s include detailed dated diary-like entries. Subseries also includes miscellaneous loose notes found among the papers.
A Freudian Still Life, 1984-Marker, graphite, wax crayons, colored pencil, and mixed media on paper, 28 x 36 cm.
Box 426, Folder 5802, Box 426, Folder 5802
After Van G. [Man], 1991-Conté crayon and colored pencil on paper, sheet 35 x 28 cm, mat 56 x 48 cm.
Box 501 (Oversize), Folder 6985, Box 501 (Oversize), Folder 6985
After Van G. [Two Women], 1991-Graphite, colored pencil, and wax crayons on paper, sheet 28 x 35 cm, mat 48 x 55 cm.
Box 519 (Oversize), Folder 7077, Box 519 (Oversize), Folder 7077
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