Jack Kerouac with Cat, Lowell Massachusetts, Vintage Print by Vassilios Giavis handmade gift "Made in Japan" stamped on

"Made in Japan" stamped on the bottom

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

or a pretty bowl for assorted treats

made in Taiwan

and is on a silver chain that measures approximately 20 inches in length

Jack Kerouac with Cat, Lowell Massachusetts, Vintage Print by Vassilios Giavis handmade gift "Made in Japan" stamped onI 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