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Norman H. Friedman Arthur Szyk Collection
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Oversized clippings

Includes:
1 article from Canadian Jewish Chronicle, December 18, 1953, ‘The Romance of Isreal’s Stamps’ mentioning Szyk.
1 article from The Jewish News, November 14, 1952, ‘On Jewish Book Month’ with reproduction of poster designed by Szyk.
1 ad from Life magazine, May 26, 1952 for Heritage Club features Szyk illustrated The Book of Ruth.
1 copy of article from The New York Times Magazine, Feb. 11, 1945, with ‘Arch-Gangsters’ caricatures of Hitler, Himmler, Goebbles, and Goering. Includes first page only of article on Hitler’s last stand.
1 mounted page from a 1942 issue of Esquire magazine ‘Detour on the Glory Road’, glue mounted onto graph paper.
5 loose magazine pages from Life; Time; and/or Saturday Evening Post magazines with 1945-46 Nescafe ads by Szyk. (cf. C1.F19)

Book jackets, book and magazine covers designed by Szyk

Book jackets include:
2 Triumph on the Gallows, Itzjak Gurion, Brit Trumpeldor of America, NY, 1950 English Note: a letter is included, indicating the book was offered as part of a fund raising campaign for the Hanged Martyrs of Eretz Israel Memorial.
1 Hebrew edition of Triumph on the Gallows
2 Prelude to Delilah, Vladimir Jabotinky, Bernard Ackerman, NY, 1951?
2 Razzle Dazzle, William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1942
1 Andersen’s Fairy Tales, Grosset and Dunlap 1942? book was also illustrated by Szyk
1 Pathways through the Bible, Mortimer J. Cohen, Jewish Publication Society of America, book was also illustrated by Szyk
Covers include:
1 El Triunfo Sobre El Cadalso, Buenos Aires, 1959
Spanish transl. of ‘Triumph on the Gallows
2 from September and November 1944 issues of Reader’s Scope Magazine cartoons of Francisco Franco and F.D.R.

Norman H. Friedman Arthur Szyk Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 444
  • Collection
  • between approximately 1924-2000

Fonds consists of many examples of Szyk's illustrations in the form of prints, commercially-reproduced illustrations, and drawing studies, as well as printed ephemera. Examples of Szyk's illustrations reproduced on commercial products or other items include postage stamps, posters, book jackets, and calendars. The fonds contains ephemera related to or containing Szyk illustrations, including newspaper clippings and issues of magazines featuring articles on Szyk or reproducing one of his designs. Box 10 contains original drawing studies, mostly for the Book of Esther. The fonds also contains materials related to an exhibition on Szyk at McGill University Library held in 1954.

Szyk, Arthur, 1894-1951

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