Guillaumin banjo player

Not art deco... I agree... but... so cute !!!

Emile Guillemin (1841-1907, France)
Cold Painted metal Figure of a Boy. Figural bust of a young black boy wearing a straw hat and 19th. century French clothing, he is shown playing a banjo. In very good condition, has an excellent finish. A fly on the nose (only on this small version ! Not on the tall one, really more common)

This is the extremely hard to find smaller version of this figure : 21cm (8.2")