Bearded Man in Uniform, Striking Old Paper Cut iron oil can has a 1906 copyright

has a 1906 copyright

Bone has written "Steig admirer

but this was the one figurative print of the lot

unmediated by a camera

stamped 1906

Bearded Man in Uniform, Striking Old Paper Cut iron oil can has a 1906 copyrightPerhaps I should know the military leader this cut paper work is meant to represent but I don't! I find it quite striking though, and like the combination of sort of Santa Claus looking bearded face with wonderfully detailed uniform, which looks very smart and super graphic against the black paper ground, to which it is attached by tape in a couple spots. The black paper is not be as old as the paper cut itself, the latter of which I'd guess dates to