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.” .

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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WITHDRAWN SZYK, ARTHUR.

Place

New Canaan, Conn., c.1939.

Description

Acrylic on imitation ivory

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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

110x160 mm. Framed.

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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.” .

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