AUTHOR SYZK \"Israel, New Canaan 1948\" Swiss/Thorens Music Box Hatikvah Anthem
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AUTHOR SYZK \"Israel, New Canaan 1948\" Swiss/Thorens Music Box Hatikvah Anthem :
$99.50
Vintage Thorens Swiss Music Box Created to Commemoratethe Establishment of the State of IsraelFeaturing Author Syzk\'s \"Israel, New Canaan, 1948\" from his “Visual History of Nations” series.
A Thorens Music Box which plays the Israel Hatikvah Anthem comprised of a shadow box framing an Author Syzk print.
Made in 1948 (the year of Statehood) the same year Syzk created the print.
Measures about 9-3/4 inches tall x 8 wide x 2-1/2 inches thick.
Notes: These music boxes were issued to commemorate the establishment of the State of Israel created in 1948. The Thorens Swiss music box mechanism plays the Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel. Syzk\'s print, \"Israel. New Canaan, 1948\" from his “Visual History of Nations” series also commemorates the establishment of the State of Israel. See below for a description of the image.
Condition: In very good overall physical condition but music mechanism works only sporatically (sometimes when you least expect it - probably an easy fix for those in the know but I don\'t want to force things).
Description ofArthur Szyk\'s Visual History of Israel,:
Four thousand years of Jewish history come to life in Arthur Szyk’s Visual History of Israel, completed in 1948, the year of Statehood, and printed in 1949. The biblical King David (top left) and his son King Solomon (top right), who is shown holding the “Song of Songs,” flank three famous biblical personages: the warrior Hur, Moses the deliverer, and Moses’ brother and high priest Aaron.
The blue Star of David dominates the composition, with the “Crown of the Good Name” directly above and Hillel’s dictum “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” between. The clusters of grapes, symbolizing the historic bounty and productivity of the land, refer to the large grapes Joshua and Caleb brought back after a reconnaissance mission into the Land of Israel prior to Joshua’s conquest of Canaan. The phrase “The time of our freedom” also appears with the Star, referring to the deliverance of the ancient Israelites from Egypt.
Bar Kochba sits to the left of the Star. He led a temporarily successful revolt against the Romans 65 years after they had destroyed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E. His shield displays the Star of David, which symbolizes God’s security and strength. The prophet Ezekiel sits to the right. He foretold the return of the Jews to their Homeland after their 70 years of captivity in Babylon.
The two tablets containing the Ten Commandments anchor the lower section, flanked on the right by the pioneer builder (chalutz) and on the left by the soldier. The latter have been essential to the growth and security of Israel, especially since 1948. Beside the soldier are oranges, an important export. These pair with the grapes on the opposite side as a contemporary expression of Israel’s abundant produce. Two fierce Lions of Judah sit poised at both sides of the base of the Decalogue.
The Hebrew script both above and below Bar Kochba and Ezekiel proclaims: “Praise be You God, our God, King of the Universe, who had kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to commemorate this time.” This prayer for newness and celebration refers to the blessing of the creation of the new State of Israel.
Twelve yellow symbols scattered throughout the illustration’s borders depict the historic organization of Israel into twelve tribes. Although separate, together they unify the composition as the tribes of Israel unified the heart of their nation long ago.
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Arthur Szyk (June 16, 1894 – September 13, 1951) was a graphic artist, book illustrator, stage designer and caricaturist. Arthur Szyk was born into a Jewish family in Łódź, in the part of Poland which was under Russian rule in the 19th century. He always regarded himself both as a Pole and a Jew. From 1921, he lived and created his works mainly in France and Poland, and in 1937 he moved to the United Kingdom. In 1940, he settled permanently in the United States, where he was granted American citizenship in 1948.
Arthur Szyk became a renowned graphic artist and book illustrator as early as the interwar period – his works were exhibited and published not only in Poland, but also in France, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States. However, he gained real popularity through his war caricatures, in which, after the outbreak of World War II, he depicted the leaders of the Axis powers. After the war, he also devoted himself to political issues, this time supporting the creation of Israel.
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AUTHOR SYZK \"Israel, New Canaan 1948\" Swiss/Thorens Music Box Hatikvah Anthem :
$99.50