Description
Postwar lithograph 9″ x 10″ by artist Arthur Szyk depicting a visual representation of the history of China. Signed Arthur Szyk New Canaan ’47
Arthur Szyk was a Polish-Jewish artist who fled Nazi-controlled Europe for London in 1937, and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1940. He started his career in book illustration and was considered one of the greatest modern practitioners of the art of illumination. His widely published caricatures made him one of the most famous political satirists during World War II. In 1945, he was commissioned by Canadian philatelist Kasimir Bileski to create illustrations for a series of stamps depicting the Visual History of Nations (United Nations). Szyk designed the stamp album frontispieces for nine countries, including one for Israel, and China but died in 1951 before the project could be completed. This frontispiece for China intricately weaves together biblical and historical figures, symbols, and Chinese script to visually tell the history. It is published by K. Bileski, Station B, Winnipeg, Canada. Lithographed in the USA by Herman Jaffe, Printer, New York; Copyright 1948.
There is a center fold mostly evident in the white border. The image is clean and would look wonderful framed. Seller will pay for Priority Mail postage.
