Louis Jou, "Pugile" (Boxer), Dry Point Etching c. 1920s pig at trough 3" long x 3 1/8"

3" long x 3 1/8" tall x 1/2" wide

The image is based on a well-known photograph of Kerouac

which would be far more efficient in a military type situation--so this seems certainly made for personal use

but I think it is probably all the same fabric which just sun faded in different ways

Louis Jou, "Pugile" (Boxer), Dry Point Etching c. 1920s pig at trough 3" long x 3 1/8"Photos do no justice to this dry point etching, as it is difficult to avoid glare shooting through the glass; in person it is crisp and bright and very finely done. I didn't know it when I purchased it (the artist's name is incorrectly cited on reverse) but with a little research I discovered it was done by Spanish painter, engraver, master typographer and editor Louis Jou (1882 1968). Jou, who became a naturalized French citizen, set up his own