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These are papier mache figures by Patrick Davis. The three figures are titled The Trumpet Player. c. 2005, The Dancer c. 2005 and Le Flaneur c.2003.In 2021, Davis generously donated these three figures to the museum. The Dancer and Le Flaneur are over 5 feet tall and the Trumpet Player stands 3 feet and 10 inches. Davis assembles his figures over metal armature and then paints and clothes them with paper from magazines. His finishing touch is often tiny snakeskin scales, which he uses as fingernails and toenails. His elegantly posed figures are typically topped with a large hat, which Davis says he makes first and “the rest just comes to me.” Davis is originally from Guyana but has most recently lived in Houston, Texas.