Rewolucja w Niemczech [“Revolution in Germany.”] Polish text by Julian Tuwim.

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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(SZYK, ARTHUR).

Rewolucja w Niemczech [“Revolution in Germany.”] Polish text by Julian Tuwim.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Illustrated by Szyk throughout. pp. (30). Original pictorial wrappers bound with burgundy cord, light wear. Oblong 4to.

Lodz - Warsaw: Ksiazka i Sztuka 1919

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

<<Scarce first edition of the first work completely illustrated by Arthur Szyk.>> A political satire by the celebrated Polish poet Julian Tuwim, mocking the German nation and its extreme ethnocenterism in the aftermath of World War I. See J.P. Ansell, Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole (2004) pp. 23-6.