Jack Kerouac with Cat, Lowell Massachusetts, Vintage Print by Vassilios Giavis handmade gift with one scratch at the

with one scratch at the center top of one side

Among my very favorite tiny animal in the Critical EYE collection is this wonderful Inuit hand-carved polar bear

13 1/4" long x 3" wide x 4 1/4" tall and in good used vintage condition

or a pretty bowl for assorted treats

which is about the right size to hold a rolled up note to self for safekeeping

Jack Kerouac with Cat, Lowell Massachusetts, Vintage Print by Vassilios Giavis handmade gift with one scratch at theI found this lithographic print of Jack Kerouac holding a cat at an estate sale in Lowell, MA, where Kerouac was born and raised. The piece is by Vassilios Giavis (b. 1929) a Lowell based painter and illustrator, who, in addition to a wide variety of cityscapes, landscapes, etc., produced a series of paintings revolving around the life of Kerouac. Though neither dated nor numbered, I think this print, on heavy weight paper, was produced in the 1980s