French Metal African American Boy Playing Banjo "What a Fly" E. Guillemin, 1870
French Spelter Cold Painted African American boy playing banjo resting on squared bronze plinth. "What a Fly", signed E. Guillemin ( 1842-1907 ), Late 19th Century. Émile Guillemin was a celebrated 19th-century French sculptor whose Victorian-era masterpieces reflected a deep love and appreciation for Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. He displayed a great sensitivity and care to depicting his subjects in an accurate manner and worked with the Barbedienne Foundry to create bronze figurative sculptures of exquisite detail. Born in Paris in 1841, Emile's father was sculptor Auguste Guillemin. Guillemin studied under his father and under sculptor Jean-Jules Salmson. Scuffs and wear consistent with age.
French Spelter Cold Painted African American boy playing banjo resting on squared bronze plinth. "What a Fly", signed E. Guillemin ( 1842-1907 ), Late 19th Century. Émile Guillemin was a celebrated 19th-century French sculptor whose Victorian-era masterpieces reflected a deep love and appreciation for Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. He displayed a great sensitivity and care to depicting his subjects in an accurate manner and worked with the Barbedienne Foundry to create bronze figurative sculptures of exquisite detail. Born in Paris in 1841, Emile's father was sculptor Auguste Guillemin. Guillemin studied under his father and under sculptor Jean-Jules Salmson. Scuffs and wear consistent with age.
French Spelter Cold Painted African American boy playing banjo resting on squared bronze plinth. "What a Fly", signed E. Guillemin ( 1842-1907 ), Late 19th Century. Émile Guillemin was a celebrated 19th-century French sculptor whose Victorian-era masterpieces reflected a deep love and appreciation for Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. He displayed a great sensitivity and care to depicting his subjects in an accurate manner and worked with the Barbedienne Foundry to create bronze figurative sculptures of exquisite detail. Born in Paris in 1841, Emile's father was sculptor Auguste Guillemin. Guillemin studied under his father and under sculptor Jean-Jules Salmson. Scuffs and wear consistent with age.