William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition antique paper craft with the sting used for

with the sting used for tying packages or papers) are three figures in kimono dancing

or super eccentic—this Grueby tile being

which makes it feel rather like a watercolor painting

I'd think he dates to the early 20th century

clasped just below her waist

William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition antique paper craft with the sting used forA 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