A blocky green cactus with curling tentacles anchors this composition, crowned by three red desert flowers rendered in bold, graphic strokes. The warm cream ground and stark black linework create a striking Art Deco sensibility, framed by Spanish text identifying this as a cover for El Maestro, a 1922 Mexican cultural journal. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.