(Polish-Jewish artist, 1894-1951). Two Autograph Letters Signed, both in French, written to the Anglo-Jewish historian Cecil Roth, regarding the magnificent illustrated Hagadah they collaborated to produce, 1939-40.

SZYK, ARTHUR.

* First Letter: Two pages - A heartfelt letter in which Szyk laments to Roth that although the Hagadah is “the work of my life,” he is financially in great hardship and requests that Roth intervene with the Hagadah’s publishers, the Beaconsfield Press, to advance funds to meet his daily needs. London, 28th April, 1938. * Second Letter: One page - Having recently arrived in the United States, he is exclusively focused in propaganda-work relating to the war-effort. Szyk relates his excitement concerning the interest in which His Majesty has taken in the Hagadah and also discusses arrangements in which the book-dealer A.S.W. Rosenbach would be marketing the Hagadah. He also notes that he has heard little from his son George, serving with the Free French Army in Africa. New York, 3rd March, 1941.