1945
Meets artist Richard Lindner.
Designs first Christmas cards for The Museum of Modern Art, New York; continues to provide annual black-and-white line drawings for cards through 1951.
![Christmas card for The Museum of Modern Art, 1945.](https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1945.-Xmas-MoMA-deer-card-edited.jpg)
![Christmas card for The Museum of Modern Art, 1949.](https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1945.-C-023B-edited.jpg)
May, in his calendar page for May 1, records the death of Hitler. He is now based primarily in New York, working with the Training Literature Field Unit #1.
![Page from Steinberg’s appointment book, May 1, 1945. Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.](https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1945.-3074-045.jpg)
It is probably at this time that he provides drawings and witty captions for the OSS booklet China Theater: An Informal Notebook of Useful Information for Military Men in China; some drawings had appeared earlier in The New Yorker China portfolios.
![Cover of China Theater: An Informal Notebook of Useful Information for Military Men in China. Produced by the Reproduction Branch of the OSS, probably 1945. The Saul Steinberg Foundation.](https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1945.-China-Theater-cover._edited-1.jpg)
![Pp. 10-11 of China Theater: An Informal Notebook of Useful Information for Military Men in China. Produced by the Reproduction Branch of the OSS, probably 1945. The Saul Steinberg Foundation.](https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1945.-China-Theater-pp.-10-11._edited-2.jpg)
![Pp. 18-19 of China Theater: An Informal Notebook of Useful Information for Military Men in China. Produced by the Reproduction Branch of the OSS, probably 1945. The Saul Steinberg Foundation.](https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1945.-China-Theater-pp.18-19._edited-1.jpg)
June, publication of All in Line, the first of Steinberg’s compilations of drawings, covering the period 1942-45. A best-seller, it becomes a Book-of-the-Month Club selection.
November, promoted to full lieutenant. Renews contract with Civita, his earnings now raised to 75%. This is probably his last contract with Civita.
![Steinberg and Sterne, late 1944-45. Photo by George Platt Lynes. © Estate of George Platt Lynes.](https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1944-45.-Lynes-ST-HS.jpg)
December, honorable release from active duty. Remains on inactive duty; must report overseas travel and addresses to the Naval Command.