Terrace, Paris Café

1931

Guy Pène du Bois

Associated Names
Guy Pène du Bois

Artist, American, 1884 - 1958

This is a black and white drawing depicting a café terrace scene. Two main figures, a man and a woman, are shown sitting at a small round table. The woman leans slightly towards the man, engaged in conversation. Their facial features are detailed, with the woman wearing a knee-length outfit with chain pattern trim. The man sits back, holding a glass, with a contemplative expression. Other people are seen in the background seated at tables, some in conversation. The setting is outdoors with sketches of trees and a building extending into the distance. Details are suggested through quick, expressive lines and shadows in the drawing.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Graham Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Recent Acquisitions: Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

1980

  • That’s Entertainment, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 15

  • Guy Pene du Bois: Artist About Town, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1980-1981, p. 88, no. 60, repro

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 65, 68, no. 39, repro

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 179, no. 1217.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Terrace Paris Café; lower right in black ink: Guy Penè du Bois '31; upper left verso in graphite: PD-384

Wikidata ID

Q64572809

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