‎SZYK, Arthur‎
‎Ink & Blood: A Book of Drawings. ‎

‎New York The Heritage Press 1946 ‎

Reference : 3925

‎First Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Signed dedication by Szyk to the colophon. This copy was inscribed for Mrs Wiltz W. Wagner. In dark green library binding, with gilt title to spine. Inside stamps and ID from New Orleans Public Library. Illustrated sepia plates and several colour mounted. No slipcase. Some finger marks to index at front, otherwise in very ggod condition for an ex-library copy. 7 preliminary leaves, 3-18, [1] pages, 1 leaf colour frontispiece, LXXIV plates (some colour). 315 x 225 mm (12œ x 8Ÿ inches). It's assumed that the Mrs Wiltz W. Wagner is Helen Bell Wagner, wife of Wiltz Walker Wagner Snr, a New Orleans native. At the end of World War II, Mr. Wagner served as New Orleans chairman of the 'Food for Famine Drive' for war-torn countries. Wiltz Walker Wagner Jr. Ph.D. (one of their sons) is Professor Emeritus USA Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama. Arthur Szyk (18941951) was a Polish-born Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist. in 1937 he moved to the United Kingdom. In 1940, he settled permanently in the United States, and was granted American citizenship in 1948. One of his finest works, published in the UK in 1940, was the Haggadah, which is considered his magnum opus.‎