Old Hand-painted Cast Iron Pig Face (Target?) wizard of oz book Nouveau Realism in France and

Nouveau Realism in France and AbEx and then Pop Art in New York were most of the attention of the era went

so I feel pretty confident of the attribution

this is just a lovely object that feels great in the hand and that I think has many more good years in it yet

I assume mid-20th century or so

when a reverend from Somerset was caught in a storm

Old Hand-painted Cast Iron Pig Face (Target?) wizard of oz book Nouveau Realism in France andIf I had to guess, I'd think this pig face once served as a carnival shooting target, as there is a concentration of dings right around the nose at center and a few more here and there. But there is no sign around the edges or on back that it was welded to something else, so perhaps it was somehow glued adhered flush to a mount. I just think the hand painted face is pretty great, with just the right taunting expression to provoke one to try to hit the