Carved Polychrome Figure of a Seabee, United States, c. 1940....

Carved Polychrome Figure of a Seabee,
United States, c. 1940.
Carved wooden sculpture depicting a man in coveralls with a pick and shovel, identified as a Seabee from the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, on chamfered base, 15cm wide, 7cm deep, 12cm high (6 3/4in wide, 3in deep, 5in high).
Provenance
The Pier Show, New York, New York.

Literature
Robert and Anne Levine, American History in Wood: The Levine Folk Art Collection, (s.n.: Robert and Anne Levine, 2017), 81.