SZYK Arthur (1894-1951). Le Juif qui rit : légendes anciennes et nouvelles / Arthur Szyk ; arr. par Curnonsky [pseud.] et J.-W. Bienstock ; préf. de Anatole de Monzie. Paris : Albin Michel, [1926] (Paris : Busson, 1926). - S. [6], IV, [2], 13-239, [7] p. : il. ; 19 cm. -
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Artur Szyk (born June 16, 1894 in Lodz,died September 13, 1951 in New Canaan, USA), graphic artist, illustrator, caricaturist.
Curnonsky [pseudonym], actually Maurice Edmond Sailland (1873-1956), French satirist, writer and food critic.
Jean-Wladimir Bienstock (1868-1933), actually Vladimir Lvovich Bienstock, Zhytomyr-born lawyer, writer and French translator. Anatole de Monzie (1876-1947), French writer and encyclopedist.
"Le Juif qui rit" is a collection of humorous anecdotes about Jewish life. Each anecdote is illustrated by Arthur Szyk.