George and Abe, Transcendent Pair of 1930s Carved Silhouettes handmade birthday card I've rarely met an old

I've rarely met an old art school color theory exercise I didn't like

it represents a woman in the Women's Army Corps

And what beautiful letters those are

Presumed mid-century

George and Abe, Transcendent Pair of 1930s Carved Silhouettes handmade birthday card I've rarely met an oldFor me, these two quite transcend their origins as carvings made "by pupils" 1937 38, which is what is noted in graphite on their reverse sides, along with the name of the teacher, which is a bit hard to read. I'll give that teacher great credit for leading their students in the exercise of relief carving silhouettes and painting staining them black and white in direct conversation with the hollow cut silhouette of a hundred years prior, and of course