ARTHUR SZYK “THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION” ORIGINAL ART.
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$2,530.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 19, 2015 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #214 - Part II
Item numbers 1008 through 2793 in auction 214
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Item Description
5-3/8x6-7/8” thin art board has highly detailed India ink and gray wash image of British Foreign Secretary over British mandated territory of Palestine Ernest Bevin w/money stuffed in pockets and carrying books including “Mein Kampf” and "The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion" walking towards viewer. One vest button has string w/attached sign “This Cloth Is A Gift From The Amalgamated Clothing Workers Of America (A Jewish Union)” w/Star of David on each side. Right vest button has strings attached to armed Arabs, left button has strings attached to Asians including one wearing swastika armband. Skeletons are between both groups. Signed in ink at lower right “ Arthur Szyk New Canaan 1948”. Top margin has hand inked text “The Jew Killer And The Keepers Of The Moat…… I Am Not Afraid Of The Jews. Their Religion Forbids To Touch A Pig….(Some Of Them Are Not That Religious!) A. S." A few minor gray wash spots at lower left and right as done by the artist. Otherwise Exc. Arthur Szyk (1894-1951)is well known for his detailed illustrations based on Jewish and Anti-Axis subjects in WWII. From the Schechter Family Collection.
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