William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition pressed birch bark Georgian era I believe

Georgian era I believe

but closer inspection reveals it is definitely bone

but was done in the 1930s by Helen Wagner Malta (1912-1975)

An uneven left edge with a little crinkling just along that side and some smudges and age toning

again which looks darker in photos than in reality

William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition pressed birch bark Georgian era I believeA great one from 1945 by New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator and childrens book writer William Steig, featuring 91 line drawn caricature portraits of types from "the Tool" to "the Investor" to the "Merry Widow", "Fall Guy", "Boy Scout", "Ambulance Chaser". etc. This was Steigs fourth book of "symbolic drawings," expressing what he called "the psychopathology of everyday life." A great gift for ones favorite keen observer of character, or for the coffee