Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction iron Boldly hand-painted all the way

Boldly hand-painted all the way around

only visible when opened

and an especially empathetic one for a friend with writer's block

eventually settling in Plymouth

or 2 for the pair

Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction iron Boldly hand-painted all the wayI'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