Guy Pène du Bois

American, 1884 - 1958

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Guy Pène du Bois, Untitled (Art Class), c. 1942, screenprint, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.1547

Untitled (Art Class)

Guy Pène du Bois · c. 1942 · screenprint ·  Accession ID  2008.115.1547

Guy Pène du Bois, Study for Saratoga Springs, NY, Post Office Mural [recto], c. 1937, pen and black ink, John Davis Hatch Collection, 1979.41.2.a

Study for Saratoga Springs, NY, Post Office Mural [recto]

Guy Pène du Bois · c. 1937 · pen and black ink ·  Accession ID  1979.41.2.a

Guy Pène du Bois, The Jury, c. 1940, pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Mrs. J.L.M. Curry), 2015.19.2695

The Jury

Guy Pène du Bois · c. 1940 · pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2695

Guy Pène du Bois, Terrace, Paris Café, 1931, pen and black ink on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Mrs. J. L. M. Curry), 2015.19.2694

Terrace, Paris Café

Guy Pène du Bois · 1931 · pen and black ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2694

Guy Pène du Bois, Pierrot Tired, c. 1929, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through the gifts of William Wilson Corcoran and Ivan C. Aivasovsky), 2015.19.177

Pierrot Tired

Guy Pène du Bois · c. 1929 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.177

Guy Pène du Bois, La Rue de la Santé, 1928, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.139

La Rue de la Santé

Guy Pène du Bois · 1928 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.139

Guy Pène du Bois, Café du Dôme, 1925/1926, oil on wood, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.136

Café du Dôme

Guy Pène du Bois · 1925/1926 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1963.10.136

A man and woman stand against a wall with dark brown wainscoting and rose-pink wallpaper in this vertical painting. Both people have pale, peachy skin and wear hats that hide their eyes. The man is to our left and wears a brown fedora and a thigh-length, brown coat over a dark suit. He appears to look down at the woman’s body with his head tipped toward us. His right hand, to our left, is in his coat pocket. The woman’s right arm, to our left, overlaps the man’s other arm. The woman is shorter than the man but stands with her shoulder almost touching his arm. Her left arm, to our right, is stretched out and that gloved hand rests on the head of a cane. Shown in profile, the woman looks at the man’s face. She has a delicate nose, and her small red lips are closed. Her shirt has a round collar that lifts off her shoulders. She wears a navy-blue jacket with brick-red piping and a blue, shin-length skirt with a red stripe down the side. Her stockings are sage green, and she wears dark, T-strap shoes. The pink wallpaper behind them is loosely patterned with overlapping olive-green-outlined boxes. The artist signed and dated the lower left corner, “Guy Péne du Bois 22.”
Guy Pène du Bois, Hallway, Italian Restaurant, 1922, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.137

Hallway, Italian Restaurant

Guy Pène du Bois · 1922 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.137

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At the Station

Guy Pène du Bois · 1921 · brush and ink, transparent watercolor, and graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2024.158.7

Two pale-skinned men in black dress suits are shown from the chest up against a parchment-brown wall in this stylized, vertical painting. The men face each other in profile in the lower left quadrant of the composition. To our left, a bald, portly man wears a black bowler hat, and a sliver of a white collar lines the neck of his heavy coat. The large ear we can see casts a deep shadow, and he has a sharp nose and a pronounced double chin. His lips are pressed together as he looks at the other man. His companion’s mouth is wide open and his head tipped back. He has a black brushy moustache and hair, and his thin brows are raised. Lines across his forehead and his hollow cheeks are shadowed. He wears a white shirt with a high, upturned collar and a black tie and jacket. Both men stand in front of scuffed beige wall. Some loose brushstrokes hint at posters or announcements there, though no detail can be made out. The artist signed the painting in the lower right corner, “Guy Pène du Bois.”
Guy Pène du Bois, The Politicians, c. 1912, oil on fabric-covered millboard, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.138

The Politicians

Guy Pène du Bois · c. 1912 · oil on fabric-covered millboard ·  Accession ID  1963.10.138

Bibliography

1931

  • Cortissoz, Royal. Guy Pène du Bois. New York, 1931.

1940

  • Pène du Bois, Guy. Artists Say the Silliest Things. New York, 1940.

1977

  • Baker, John. "Guy Pène du Bois on Realism." Archives of American Art Journal 17, no. 2 (1977): 2-13.

1980

  • Fahlman, Betsy. Guy Pène du Bois: Artist About Town. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Evanston, IL, 1980-1981. Washington, 1980.

2004

  • Fahlman, Betsy. Guy Pène du Bois: Painter of Modern Life. New York, 2004.