Vintage PRIVATE EYE Silkscreen Printing Screen carved boy I have learned that Leroux

I have learned that Leroux

at the center of which is the grommeted hole from which string would be pulled (this would have been kept on a desk

I believe these date between 1870-1890

purchased from the estate of art professor & art historian Jill McKeever Furst

Vintage PRIVATE EYE Silkscreen Printing Screen carved boy I have learned that LerouxI'd love to know the story behind this one whether this silkscreen was made to print the logo of an actual "Private Eye" or a fictional one, and in either case who they were! Of course I like it for the EYE (as in Critical Eye, too), but also for how it breaks the eye done into its component parts, and especially for all of the connotations of the eye being private! 19 1 8" x 16 1 4" x 11 16". Very good condition with a little loss to one corner of