ARTHUR SZYK PRESERVED Signed

During his lifetime, Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) -- the prolific Polish-Jewish artist celebrated for his exquisite miniature paintings, book illustrations, and scathing political cartoons -- created several thousand works spanning two continents. Now, for the first time, all of Szyk’s original works held by institutional collections are documented in one definitive volume, accompanied by 40 gorgeous full pages of color works. Brimming with new research and fresh insight from the world’s foremost Szyk expert, Irvin Ungar, the compendium Arthur Szyk Preserved testifies to the depth, breadth, and unmatched brilliance of the twentieth century’s outstanding artist-activist. Best known for his scathing depictions of Hitler and the Nazis during World War I I-- collected in The New Order and more recently in several art books, Szyk also explored myths and legends, Jewish history and heroes, did magazine covers and had his own limited edition book book, Ink and Blood, published during his lifetime. he was a miniaturist, meaning he worked usually 100% size but with meticulous, unbelievable detail, all in exquisite water colors. This captures a great many of those seminal pieces, reproduced with meticulous attention to quality (this was printed and bound in Italy, supervised by Ungar in person...there's a great video on the book production online). Empowering a new generation of scholars and art lovers to locate individual works and to survey the artist’s career with ease.