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Artist:
Guy Pene du Bois, born Brooklyn, NY 1884-died Boston, MA 1958  Search this
Medium:
oil on plywood
Dimensions:
20 x 14 3/4 in. (50.7 x 37.5 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1923
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
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Cityscape  Search this
Dress\accessory\hat  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Object number:
1986.6.27
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b979819c-45bf-4539-9a39-c177ab1313b9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.6.27