Bidspirit auction | SZYK, ARTHUR

SZYK, ARTHUR - The Marsh King`s Daughter: “The Sages met together and talked long and learnedly.”. Gouache on board. Signed and dated by the artist, lower right. Framed. Mat attached to artwork. 5.5 x 6.5 inches (13.9 x 16.5 cm). New York, 1945 Szyk created this artwork in relation to the illustrations he was commissioned to execute for the Illustrated Junior Library’s edition of “Hans Christian Andersen`s Illustrated Fairy Tales” (1945), p. 152 (and repeated as the illustration on the publisher’s slip-case).       Accompanied by: The original illustrated book, with slip-case.