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Guy Pène du Bois

Guy Pène du Bois

American, 1884
WA-00028803
Painting
Representation
None documented
9
Institutional Exhibitions
11
Works in Collection
15
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Art of the Twenties
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
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America Seen: Between The Wars
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1961
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American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
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Twentieth Century Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942–1943
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Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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Paintings for Paris
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937
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New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
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Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1932
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Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1930–1931

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3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%✓

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About

Why this artist matters now

Guy Pène du Bois was an American painter and illustrator who depicted the social life and leisure activities of the urban upper and middle classes in the early twentieth century. Working primarily in oil and watercolor, his compositions captured restaurant scenes, theater interiors, and fashionable gatherings with a sharp observational eye and restrained palette. His figures, rendered with anatomical precision and cool emotional distance, reveal the manners and anxieties beneath the surface of cosmopolitan society. Du Bois remained committed to representational painting throughout his career, resisting abstraction.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Artworks (11)

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Artwork sources (3)

11 published of 12 catalogued · 2 with image
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    7 published
  • The Met
    3 published
  • MoMA
    1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources
  • Stag Line
    1921 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • At the Café: Waiter!
    1898 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Farmyard
    1925 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • The Beach
    1899 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Woman's Head
    1906 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Men Milliners
    1906 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Max Eastman
    1932 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

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Two Women in Yellow Kerchiefs (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Two Women in Yellow Kerchiefs (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

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Collections2
Museum of Modern ArtCleveland Museum of Art
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Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Exhibitions and timeline

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Group ExhibitionArt of the Twenties
New York · 1979
Group ExhibitionAmerica Seen: Between The Wars
New York · 1961
Group ExhibitionAmerican Paintings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1948
Group ExhibitionTwentieth Century Portraits
New York · 1942
Group ExhibitionThree Centuries of American Art
New York · 1938
ExhibitionThree Centuries of American ArtMuseum of Modern Art
New York · 1938