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ARTHUR SZYK.
Israel. From
theVisual History of Nations series.
Color lithograph, 292x254 mm; 11
1
/
2
x 10
inches, Signed in black ink, lower right;
matted.
WITH
—6 matted color lithographs
from the Festivals and Holy Days series,
177x210 mm; 7x8
1
/
4
inches, images,
captioned in lower margins.
New Canaan, 1949; 1948
[300/400]
Israel is among a series of 9 studies featuring
member countries of the United Nations. It
was commissioned in 1945 by Canadian
philatelist and entrepreneur Kasimir Bileski.
Each print was created as frontispiece or title
page for an international stamp album.While
sixty images were commissioned by Bileski,
Szyk completed only nine countries plus the
series “The History of Flight,” before his
sudden death in 1951.
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Megillat Esther.
Unpointed Hebrew text within linear
borders. Decorative initials and 19 color
plates by Szyk. 8vo, original gilt-stamped
wrappers; plain dust jacket, soiled and
chipped at spine not affecting volume
beyond light toning; a few tissue guards
creased; plain board slipcase, dampstained.
NUMBER
330
OF
400
COPIES
from a total
edition of 520 printed for America.
(Paris: Piazza, 1925)
[600/900]
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