Wonderful Trench Art Iron Rest with Diving (?) Woman on the Underside handmade color wheel all counterpointing the gun strapped

all counterpointing the gun strapped to his back

7 x 4 1/4"

This drawing I believe dates to the very early 20th c

and even better in person

Also on the inside of the front cover

Wonderful Trench Art Iron Rest with Diving (?) Woman on the Underside handmade color wheel all counterpointing the gun strappedThis curious thing, one of my favorite recent finds. Clearly it's a piece of trench art, WW2 I would guess, with this fabulous engraved woman with great face and arms raised overhead, who looks to me poised to take a dive, though she does still have her shoes on, so I suppose she might just be doing her morning exercises! The steel object she is carved into, shaped like an ironing board (though also a bit like a diving board) and with heavily bolted