111 239 SZYK, ARTHUR “The Melancholic Baby…” Pen-and-ink on card. Captioned, signed and dated by the artist. 6.5 x 11 inches. Framed. New Canaan, 1948. $4000 - $6000 ❧ Captioned below by Szyk: “Abdullah ibn Hussain, the legal King of Hedjaz, fake king of a British fake called Transjordania…(Hejdaz is called Saudi Arabia).” “Abdullah: Some people have all the luck. Farouk has Jewish subject [sic] to steele [sic] their goods, Ibn Saud has my oil royalties… All I have is Bevin’s copy of Mein Kampf and a Glubb over my head…” 240 STRUCK, HERMANN. Joseph Hirsch Dünner (Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam, 1833-1911). Lithograph bust portrait. Signed by the artist in pencil lower left. 7 x 8.5 inches (sheet size). Matted. circa 1920. $400 - $600 Lot 239 Lot 240