Willem Klijn Pencil Drawing of Man in Hat and Glasses, 1910, Brussels gift for salesman with its graphic black cut-out

with its graphic black cut-out appearance

and then there is the child next to a totem pole

This hardcover first edition

What could be better for a camping trip

Willem Klijn Pencil Drawing of Man in Hat and Glasses, 1910, Brussels gift for salesman with its graphic black cut-outThis hatted and bespectacled man reminds me rather of James Joyce a smart, serious, and quite sensitive young man. And I find this drawing, which appears to have been rendered on the back of a white paper receipt or wrapper, so romantic, conjuring visions of early 20th century European cafe life I can just see Dutch artist Willem Klijn sitting quietly in the corner by a window, dashing off this sketch while lively intellectual banter rises all around