“The Melancholic Baby…”
AUCTION 79 |
Thursday, November 15th,
2018 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 239
SZYK, ARTHUR
“The Melancholic Baby…”
New Canaan, 1948:
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Captioned below by Szyk:
“Abdullah ibn Hussain, the legal King of Hedjaz, fake king of a British fake called Transjordania…(Hejdaz is called Saudi Arabia).”
“Abdullah: Some people have all the luck. Farouk has Jewish subject [sic] to steele [sic] their goods, Ibn Saud has my oil royalties… All I have is Bevin’s copy of Mein Kampf and a Glubb over my head…”