Vanity Fair

Guy Pène du Bois

Associated Names
Guy Pène du Bois

Artist, American, 1884 - 1958

The image shows an artistic illustration of two individuals standing in profile to the viewer, facing each other. Their faces are drawn in a sketchy style. The person on the left wears a dark hat, and the one on the right has lighter, close-cropped hair. Both individuals are wearing dark, formal clothing. The background features light colors and a vague suggestion of a landscape with a body of water and possible fence-like structures or trees. The word "Vanity Fair" is displayed in stylized script at the top of the image.
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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

1980

  • 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. 72, no. 26, 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. 1219.

Inscriptions

upper left in black ink: VANITY FAIR; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: PD-355; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 5317 / #400

Markings

embossed upper left: EXTRA SHAMROCK BRISTOL BOARD [circled] / A N C / NY

Wikidata ID

Q64572810

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