Portrait of Harry Schreiber
Portrait of Harry Schreiber
Portrait of Harry Schreiber

Portrait of Harry Schreiber

Object number2012.84.2
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Datec. 1938
MediumOil on canvas; wood
Credit LineGift of Deena Nacion
DescriptionFramed oil painting. Potrait of a caucaisan male, head slightly turned proper left. Wearing rounded spectacles over brown eyes, slightly grey hair, mustache on upper lip. Wearing brown three piece suit with white shirt and a red-stripped necktie. Beige/brown backround. Set in gold guilded frame.Dimensions35.125 x 29.375 x 2.125 in. (89.2 x 74.6 x 5.4 cm)
SignedArtist signature on bottom right corner "A.H. Elvo / Strem(?) Studio. 38".
InscriptionsBrass name plate attached to front bottom has text "HARRY SCHREIBER / 1904-1937".

Framer's sticker on reverse at top center "W / Wunderly / Galleries / PITTSBURGH, PA."
Historical NotesPortrait of Harry Schreiber. In 1934, brothers Harry Schreiber and Samuel Schreiber, sons of Russian Jewish immigrants, opened Schreiber Trucking Company Inc. The company thrived under the leadership of Samuel and Marian Syna Schreiber, Harry Schreiber’s widow. In the early 1950s, Marian married William Rosenberg and opened Wilton Storage Company which was later run by Sidney Allen Schreiber, Harry and Marian’s son.
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