Auction 103 Winner's Unlimited - Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz Israel
Nov 29, 2017
Israel
 3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem
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LOT 145:

Arthur Szyk - A Printed Lithograph to Mark the Establishment of the State of Israel. New York, 1949

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Arthur Szyk - A Printed Lithograph to Mark the Establishment of the State of Israel. New York, 1949

A printed lithograph by Arthur Szyk published by K. Bileski, Canada. In the Herman Jaffe printing press, New York 1949. Signed on the plate in the bottom right hand corner. 

In the center is a Star of David on top of a menorah and Keter Shem Tov with the words which summed up the feelings about the establishment of the State: "If I am not for me who will be for me". Alongside the tablets of the covenant and a picture of a Jewish soldier and pioneer are Bar Kochva, the prophet Yechezkel and other figures. [The details of the printer and the edition are on the back in print]. 

Size: 30x25 cm. 

Very fine condition. 


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