The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 81

(HAGADAH).

The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth.

<<One of 125 Numbered Copies for sale in the United States of America. Printed Entirely on Vellum.>> Richly Illustrated in Color by Szyk. Full- and half-page color half-tone reproductions of compositions by Szyk, including numerous decorative initials, text ornaments and many small vignettes. Pictorial doublures on silk. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe: Royal blue morocco, gilt-tooled pictorial inlay. Text in Hebrew and English printed in black and sepia. Signed by the artist and editor. Lacking solander-case. Librarian’s call marks penned on opening blank. Sm. folio. Yudlov 3861; Yaari 2285.

London: Beaconsfield Press 1939

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $16,000

<<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. See also J.P. Ansell, Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole (2004) pp. 96-100.