The Marsh King's Daughter: “The Sages met together and talked long and learnedly.”

AUCTION 75 | Thursday, March 08th, 2018 at 1:00 PM
Auction of Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art

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Lot 50
SZYK, ARTHUR

The Marsh King's Daughter: “The Sages met together and talked long and learnedly.”

Gouache on board. Signed and dated by the artist, lower right. Framed. Mat attached to artwork. 5.5 x 6.5 inches (13.9 x 16.5 cm).

New York, 1945:

Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Szyk created this artwork in relation to the illustrations he was commissioned to execute for the Illustrated Junior Library’s edition of “Hans Christian Andersen's Illustrated Fairy Tales” (1945), p. 152 (and repeated as the illustration on the publisher’s slip-case). <<Accompanied by:>> The original illustrated book, with slip-case.