The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. Parallel English and Hebrew text

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 124

(HAGADAH).

The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. Parallel English and Hebrew text

Printed Entirely on Vellum, Richly Illustrated in Color by Szyk. Number 22 of 125 Numbered Copies for sale in the United States. Signed by the Artist and Editor. Twelve full-page illustrations and 34 pages with smaller illustrations or decorative borders. Pictorial doublures on silk. Original royal blue levent morocco, gilt- tooled pictorial inlay by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Three-quarter matching levent folding case lined with velvet Extreme outer margins of opening and closing pages lightly stained. Extremeties of box rubbed. Lg. 4to Yudlov 3861; Yaari 2285

London: Beaconsfield Press (1940)

Est: $20,000 - $30,000

PRICE REALIZED $28,000

Perhaps the most sublime of all Passover Hagadahs. “The Times Literary Supplement recognized Szyk’s masterpiece as one of the most beautiful works ever produced by human hands. When one considers the brilliant multi-layers not only of illumination and color, but of themes and sub-themes, Szyk’s Haggadah stands among Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in a moment in time, for all time, in a class by itself.” I. Ungar, Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk (1998) p.15. “A monument of sacred art and beautiful craftsmanship. The work represents the acme of book-production and color-printing of our age...(It) will remain...long after other creations of the 20th century have disappeared.” (Stanley Morison)