[USHMM #93796/U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis;
Original materials: Watercolor, gouache, pastel, graphite, and ink on paper;
Original dimensions: 15 15/16" x 16 11/16"]
Bloody Hands, 1941
This
work was displayed at the U.S. Naval Academy (1942), the Wildenstein Gallery (1944), and the Philadelphia Art Alliance (1945). Szyk seems to parody a painting by German artist Hubert Lanzinger that depicted Hitler as a knight on horseback. Here he is portrayed not as a chivalrous figure, but as a murderer who brings famine and death. Hitler is flanked by Japanese emperor Hirohito and a depiction of famine.
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