William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition antique paper craft I believe the upper calendar

I believe the upper calendar portion of the originally  9 1/2 x 4 3/4” sheet was cut off

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

or super eccentic—this Grueby tile being

great as a small serving bowl

clasped just below her waist

William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition antique paper craft I believe the upper calendarA 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