Vintage Presumed Saul Steinberg Newspaper/Publication Image in Period Frame seal sculpture but with no tears otherwise

but with no tears otherwise and a gorgeous patina to the leather on both sides

think he showed brilliance at a very young age

11 3/4 x 6 13/16 in

I find it very beautiful

In addition to its great oversized-ness is the complete simplicity of the form--an iconic key if there ever was one

Vintage Presumed Saul Steinberg Newspaper/Publication Image in Period Frame seal sculpture but with no tears otherwiseSorry for the photos; too much glare, so I shot most having removed the image from the frame. This one is a bit of a mystery, but I'm pretty certain it is a Saul Steinberg image, with his faces drawn on a photograph of standing lamps lined up next to a bus stop sign. The image here is on newsprint type paper, so I have to think clipped from somewhere and framed, and it looks to me like both date to the 1940s or so and indeed it seems quite in keeping