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Original pen and ink on paper. [New York] 1940.
Measures approximately 5 1/2" x 9".
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Greeting the Luftwaffe
Signed and Dated, "Arthur Szyk, 12/15/40". This forceful, macabre drawing represents one of Szyk's earlier WWII political caricatures. The R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) pilot is seated at the bargaining table looking Death, dressed as a Nazi officer, straight in the eye. "Give me all you've got," he seems to say cockily while giving Mr. Bones the thumbs up. Death is not to be intimidated. The pilot might be holding his right hand in a firm grip, but he is just about to sock him with a left.
The Blitzkrieg was burning London down in 1940. In retaliation, British pilots became engaged in deadly mid-air dogfights and began their night bombings of Germany. Szyk applauds the brave pilots, flying into the very face of Death against the formidable Luftwaffe.
Appeared in The New Order. New York: J.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. (Page 10)
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