Arthur Szyk collection

Identifier: irn520123
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Irvin Ungar in 2002.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of eleven lithographs by Arthur Szyk, two offset lithographs, Peace on earth to men of good will and General Wladyslaw Sikorski, and one portfolio of nine first edition lithographs from the series, Visual History of Nations (1945-1949.}

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Displaying items 1 to 12 of 12

Arthur Szyk lithograph of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn520124
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Print of an Arthur Szyk painting and illumination of the closing words of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address of 1865, with a portrait of Lincoln, flags of Allied nations of World War II, and US military symbols. Szyk, a Jewish emigre artist, originally from Łódź, Poland, left London for the United States in 1940. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, his work was focused on anti-Nazi political cartoons. In the US, Szyk became a leading anti-Fascist editorial caricaturist, creating works that brought attention to the mass murder of Europe’s Jews by Nazi Germany.
Lithograph of Arthur Szyk's portrait of the Polish general Sikorski in uniform
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn520125
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) pictorial area: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Lithograph of a portrait of General Wladyslaw Sikorski painted by Arthur Szyk in 1946. It portrays the General in uniform, standing in front of a Polish crest with a scene of military action, an excerpt of the Polish National Anthem, Mazurek Dabrowskiego [Dabrowski's Mazurka] and the quote: We will fight (with swords) for all, that our enemies had taken from us.
9 first-edition lithographs created by Arthur Szyk for a visual history of the founding nations of the UN
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn520126
- English
- 1945-1949
- overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
9 first-edition lithographs from the "Visual history of nations" series dated 1945 to 1949. Kasimir Bileski, a Canadian philatelist and entrepreneur, commissioned Arthur Szyk to create the series in 1945. The series was originally referred to as the "United Nations series" because each of the 9 separate sheets symbolically portrays the visual history of a founding or member country of the United Nations. The nations included are the United States of America, Canada, Poland, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, China, Switzerland, and Israel. The lithographs were created to be the title ...
Print of an Arthur Szyk painting featuring iconic images of Americana
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521478
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Color lithographic print from the United Nations Series, originally painted by Arthur Szyk in New Canaan, Connecticut. Each image in the series was to be highly detailed single-page piece that combined symbols, scenes, portraits, and decorative motifs to create a visual history of each member country of the United Nations. The series was commissioned by Kasimir Bileski, and the images were meant to be cover pages for an international stamp book. Szyk was to continue painting these histories as new countries joined the United Nations, but he only completed nine before his death in 1951. Born...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521479
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the entire history of the Dominion of Canada. The Arms of Canada are centered at the top representing Canada's British founders through the blazons of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and a fleur-de-lis at the top left represents Canada's French heritage. The arms of all of the Canadian provinces are depicted along the sides of the print as well as portraits of British General James Wolfe and French General Marquis de Montcalm. A maple leaf, Canada's national emblem, is drawn under depictions of a Native Indian, a Mountie, a...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521480
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the entire history of the Republic of Poland. The Polish eagle, not wearing a crown because of the Soviet Union's domination of Poland in1946, fills the top center of the print. Portraits of famous Poles including Boleslaw I (King of Poland, d.1025), Nicolaus Copernicus, Frédéric Chopin, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Kazimierz Pulaski line the sides. The Coat of Arms of Warsaw is drawn at the bottom center above depictions of a Polish miner and a Polish peasant as well as the Coat of Arms of Pomerania. The Coat of Arms of Sile...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521481
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the entire history of Great Britain. At the top of the print, St. Edward's crown sits on top of a blue garter, representing the Order of the Garter, which surrounds the Coat of Arms of Great Britain. Flanking the coat of arms is the lion of England and the royal unicorn of Scotland. The Tudor rose, Union Jack, thistle of Scotland, shamrock of Ireland, and daffodil of Wales occur throughout the lithograph. Portraits of an industrial worker and a sailor, scenes of the Houses of Parliament and the Tower of London, and a depict...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521482
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the entire history of the Republic of France. Squares bearing the coat of arms of each region or province of France border the edges of the print. The French flag is centered at the top of the print and is surrounded by ribbons carrying the rallying words of the French Revolution, "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity." Portraits of French notables including the Marquis de Lafayette, Molière, Joan of Arc, and Louis Pasteur are placed along the sides of the lithograph. The Coat of Arms for the City of Paris, depictions of a Fr...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521483
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the history of pre-Communist Russia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). Red stars, adopted by the Communists as a symbol of Soviet Russia, are placed throughout the print, most prominently at the bottom center. Another Soviet symbol, the hammer and sickle, is superimposed on a globe at the top of the print, and a red ribbon underneath the globe carries the message: "Workers of the World Unite." Portraits of Vladimir Ilích Lenin and Peter I (Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725) flank the hammer and sickle at th...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521484
- English
- 1948
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the entire history of the Republic of China. In the center, "Republic of China" is displayed in traditional Chinese characters superimposed over the yellow circular Chinese symbol for "long life" and surrounded by four circular blue-and-white star logos of the Nationalist goverment founded by Sun Yat-sen. The dragon at the center top represents Imperial China and is flanked by portraits of Sun Yat-sen on the right and Confucius on the left. The eight immortals of Taoism line either side of the central panel, and depictions ...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521485
- English
- 1949
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the entire history of Switzerland. Flags of the 22 Swiss cantons edge the print, 11 on each side, and the flag of the free city of Vaud is located underneath "Switzerland." A depiction of William Tell and his son decorates the center top above "1291," the date of Swiss independence and the words "Suisse," "Schweiz," and "Svizzera," representing the three languages (French, German, and Italian) spoken in the country. The Swiss motto, "One for all and all for one," appears in both French and German above depictions of a clock...
Arthur Szyk lithograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521486
- English
- 1949
- overall: Height: 9.940 inches (25.248 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The multi-colored lithograph represents Arthur Szyk's conception of the entire history of the Jewish people and Israel. The Biblical kings, David, and his son, Solomon, who is holding a copy of "Song of Songs," are drawn on either side of three other Biblical notables: Hur, Moses, and Moses' brother, Aaron. A blue Star of David dominates the center of the print with the "Crown of a Good Name" above and Hillel's quotation, "If I am not for myself, Who will be for me?," in Hebrew below. The phrase, "The time of our freedom," flanks the Star of David. Depictions of Bar Kokhba (Kochba) on the l...