David raising aloft the head of Goliath, with Hebrew quotation “And David took the head of the Philistine” (Samuel I, XVII:54) below. Title at lower left. Initials lower right. Signed in pen on verso: “Arthur Szyk, New Canaan.” .
AUCTION 9 |
Tuesday, March 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 135
WITHDRAWN SZYK, ARTHUR.
David raising aloft the head of Goliath, with Hebrew quotation “And David took the head of the Philistine” (Samuel I, XVII:54) below. Title at lower left. Initials lower right. Signed in pen on verso: “Arthur Szyk, New Canaan.” .
New Canaan, Conn., c.1939.:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
This image illustrates the appropriate passage in Szyk’s magnificent Haggadah published in 1939. (See lot ***). The Hebrew inscription along the lower edge of this painting bears an error, in the Hagaddah, of course, David’s name is spelled correctly