Ink & Blood. A Book of Drawings by Arthur Szyk. Introduction by Struthers Burt.

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SZYK, ARTHUR.

Ink & Blood. A Book of Drawings by Arthur Szyk. Introduction by Struthers Burt.

<<One of 1000 numbered copies, inscribed and signed by Szyk.>> Featuring 75 illustrated plates (several in color) Original black morocco gilt, rubbed. Fine hand-made abstract-patterned end-papers. Housed in matching slip-case, loose at one end. Sm. folio.

New York: The Heritage Press 1946

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $300

A powerful retrospective of Szyk’s wartime political illustrations. For a detailed account how this dramatic collection of cartoons came to be published, see J.P. Ansell, Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole (2004) pp. 159-63.