The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk, Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2002, HC, Near Fine

Luckert, Steven. Washington, D.C.: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2002.

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 9 ⅝” x 12 ½,” 136 pp.

ISBN: 0896047083

Blue woven cloth over boards, white stamped titling to front and spine, blue endpapers and pastedowns, in publisher’s light blue dustjacket with full-color images to front and back, white and gray text to front, white text to spine, white and black text to inside light blue gate flaps. Minor soiling to bottom edge of pages near spine, minor soiling to title page, very minor edgewear, otherwise clean, tightly bound, and excellent. In a Very Good dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. Mild shelfwear and scratching to front and back, minor bumping to top near spine, minor soiling to back, otherwise very good. 136 pp. Replete with full-color and black-and-white images. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from April 10 to October 14, 2002. A monographic tribute to Arthur Szyk, a caricaturist and manuscript specialist, that includes vibrant images created by the artist alongside contextual essays. This book “places the extraordinary artist and his work into the context of the turbulent times in which he lived…This intriguing and richly illustrated text examines how Arthur Szyk used his talent to support the Jewish people, attack their enemies, and awaken the world to the threat of Nazism” (from the dust jacket).