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

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

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

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Lot 158

(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. Housed in original matching solander-case (trace scuffed), velvet interior. Text in Hebrew and English printed in black and sepia. Signed by the artist and editor. Yudlov 3861; Yaari 2285.

London: Beaconsfield Press 1939

Est: $15,000 - $20,000

PRICE REALIZED $17,000

<<The most sublime of all Passover Hagadahs.>> Dedicated to King George VI of England, Szyk’s great illuminated masterpiece is a stunning work of the Book-Arts, conceived with extraordinarily high production values. “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 Morrison, Hagadah Prospectus). See I. Ungar, Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk (1998) p.15.