Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). Gouache on cardboard. A miniature from the Arabian Nights Series that
Szyk painted for The Limited Editions Club.
The painting: 10.7×14.3, in a frame with passepartout.
Szyk died after painting only 40 out of the 100 paintings which were planned for this series. The painting was published in the second volume of Arabian Nights Entertainments, opposite page 647, published by The Limited Clubs Edition, England 1954.
Sold in Sotheby’s on 17th December 2008, item 169.
The signature was erased. Very fine condition.