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This collection has three color lithograph prints from Arthur Szyk's Visual History of Nations series. The nations included in the prints are the United States, Canada, and France. The Visual History of Nations series was commissioned by the Canadian philatelist and entrepreneur Kasimir Bileski in 1945. This series was meant to include sixty visual histories of founding and member countries of the United Nations but only nine were completed prior to Szyk's death.
Arthur Szyk, 1894-1951, was a Polish-Jewish artist and one of the leading political artists in the United States during World War II. He produced hundreds of anti-Axis cartoons and illustrations in aid of the Allied war effort. His cartoons, which included caricatures of Axis power leaders, appeared in popular magazines like Collier's and TIME. Some of his caricatures were compiled and published in The New Order (1941). Ink & Blood, another compilation of Szyk's cartoons, was published in 1946. Szyk illustrated numerous works as well, one of his best known being The Haggadah (1940) which tells the story of Passover and outlines the Passover rituals.
Arthur Szyk, 1894-1951, was a Polish-Jewish artist and one of the leading political artists in the United States during World War II. He produced hundreds of anti-Axis cartoons and illustrations in aid of the Allied war effort. His cartoons, which included caricatures of Axis power leaders, appeared in popular magazines like Collier's and TIME. Some of his caricatures were compiled and published in The New Order (1941). Ink & Blood, another compilation of Szyk's cartoons, was published in 1946. Szyk illustrated numerous works as well, one of his best known being The Haggadah (1940) which tells the story of Passover and outlines the Passover rituals.
Born in 1894 in Łódź, Poland to Jewish parents, Arthur Szyk studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris and at the Krakow Academy of Arts. Szyk, pronounced "Shick", served as artistic director of the Department of Propaganda for the Polish army quartered in Łódź during the Polish-Soviet War. He moved to Paris in 1921, living and working there for 10 years, and his first solo gallery exhibition was in 1922. Szyk worked on illustrations for limited edition fine art books during this period as well. In 1933, Szyk visited the United States with an exhibition of his series, Washington and His Times, which celebrated heroes of the American Revolution. Szyk later moved to England and then, in 1940, immigrated to the United States. He received American citizenship in 1948.
Arthur Szyk died in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1951.
This collection has three color lithograph prints from Arthur Szyk's Visual History of Nations series. The nations included in the prints are the United States, Canada, and France. The Visual History of Nations series was commissioned by the Canadian philatelist and entrepreneur Kasimir Bileski in 1945. This series was meant to include sixty visual histories of founding and member countries of the United Nations but only nine were completed prior to Szyk's death.
This collection is arranged in the order received.
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[Identification of item], Arthur Szyk Lithograph Prints, MSS 00445, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Provenance unknown
Processed by Clara Wilson, 2022 April; Finding aid written by Clara Wilson, 2022 April
The image size is 8" x 6 1/2" and the paper size is 11 1/2" x 10".
"First Edition" is stamped on the back of the print and the following information is printed on the back:
Title Page for the United States of America Artist - Arthur Szyk, New York Published by K. Bileski, Station B, Winnipeg, Canada Printed in the U.S.A. by Herman Jaffe, Printer, New York, U.S.A. Copyright 1945
The image size is 8" x 6 1/2" and the paper size is 11 1/2" x 10".
"First Edition" is stamped on the back of the print and the following information is printed on the back:
Title Page for the Dominion of Canada Artist - Arthur Szyk, New York Published by K. Bileski, Station B, Winnipeg, Canada Printed in the U.S.A. by Herman Jaffe, Printer, New York, U.S.A. Copyright 1946
The image size is 8" x 6 1/2" and the paper size is 11 1/2" x 10".
"First Edition" is stamped on the back of the print and the following information is printed on the back:
Title Page for the Republic of France Artist - Arthur Szyk, New York Published by K. Bileski, Station B, Winnipeg, Canada Lithographed in the U.S.A. by Herman Jaffe, Printer, New York, U.S.A. Copyright 1947
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[Identification of item], Arthur Szyk Lithograph Prints, MSS 00445, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.