Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction iron While I am not certain

While I am not certain the exact pattern this painting was inspired by and/or how much of it generated from the mind and/or eye of the painter

with white painted head and yellow eyes

Blocks in beautiful condition

eventually settling in Plymouth

or 2 for the pair

Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction iron While I am not certainI've got an obsession with representations of boxers, boxing matches, boxing rings a brutal sport, but also I think a beautiful one, as elemental and also existential as it gets. I've had a few carved push button boxing toys over the years, but this the first full blown folk art construction of a pair going at it inside a ring. One arm of each of the boxers will move manually, and both arms of the man in silver shirt. Platform, posts, and figures