Object Details
- Artist
- Guy Pene du Bois, born Brooklyn, NY 1884-died Boston, MA 1958
- Exhibition Label
- Pène du Bois made his artistic debut at the 1905 Paris Salon but returned to New York in 1906. He took a job at the New York American and for the next fifteen years worked as both a painter and an art critic. By the 1920s, Pène du Bois was well known for ironic paintings of what he called the “symbols of sophistication.” His depictions of affluent society enjoying leisure moments---at the race track and in restaurants and night clubs---often caricature the vacuity of their fascination with style.
- Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
- 1923
- Object number
- 1986.6.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on plywood
- Dimensions
- 20 x 14 3/4 in. (50.7 x 37.5 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Cityscape
- Dress\accessory\hat
- Record ID
- saam_1986.6.27
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b979819c-45bf-4539-9a39-c177ab1313b9
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