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Norman H. Friedman Arthur Szyk Collection File
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30 mounted prints in the series Washington and His Times.

File consists of 3 images printed in Vienna by Max Joffe. Dimensions vary from 19 cm x 14 cm to 20 cm x 17 cm. Mount dimension: 30 cm x 24cm

Subjects include: Portraits George Washington, Martha Washington, Baron von Steuben, Baron de Kalb, Comte de Rochambeau, Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Gustavus Conyngham, Kasimierz Pulaski, Tadeusz Kosftiociuszko; Events of American Revolution Paul Revere, Boston Massacre, Death of Col. Rall, Nathan Hale, and several battle scenes.

Exhibitions on Arthur Szyk – Catalogues, programs and notes

2 - Canadian Jewish Congress, Laing Galleries, Toronto, January 1954, 4 page flyer.
1 - M. Knoedler and Co, NYC, August-September, 1946, 4 pages
1 - Memorial Exhibition, Jewish Museum of Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NYC, October-December 1952, 4 pages
1 - International Art Gallery, London, May-June 1933, 7 pages
last item are typed and hand written notes only from the original London exhibition catalogue, not included

Sources on Szyk – articles, press releases, bibliographies

1 – Arthur Szyk Society brochure, Burlingame, CA. approximately 1991
1 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, annual report, 1950, 12 pages
1 – New York Times article, July 16, 2000 copy of article.
1 – World Medical Assoc., Dec. 1, 1949 press release, re.
exhibition of Szyk’s illuminated ‘doctor’s oath’, 2 pages
1 – handwritten draft notes of obituary for Szyk, on hotel
stationery Warwick hotel, Philadelphia, PA, 1 page
Not signed or dated.
1 – Notes on ‘Miniature Painting’ derived from
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 page, 3 copies total
1 – Typed draft of bibliography titled ‘Szyk Sources’, some entries handwritten. Not signed or dated. 1939-1951, 4 pages

Items from Philip C. Eisman a Szyk collector:
1 – Eisman correspondence with Leon Walters Society of
Israeli Philatelists, president and Dr. Winkelstein, with
Bibliography titled ‘Szykiana’, 1960, 6 pages
1 – typed bibliographic listings of Szyk illustrations
published in Coronet and Collier’s magazines, 1942-49,
3 pages

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