Guy Pène Du Bois

Eugenics Again
1914

A vintage drawing depicting a man in a top hat and suit with a cane standing next to a woman in a dark dress with her head turned slightly downward. In the background, a shadowy figure leans against a wall. The image has a yellowed, aged paper background with handwritten text at the bottom reading "Eugenics again! 'But you see, having red so, the family doctor thinks you're good enough for me.'" The artist's signature, "Guy Pène du Bois 1919," is in the lower right corner.

A vintage drawing depicting a man in a top hat and suit with a cane standing next to a woman in a dark dress with her head turned slightly downward. In the background, a shadowy figure leans against a wall. The image has a yellowed, aged paper background with handwritten text at the bottom reading "Eugenics again! 'But you see, having red so, the family doctor thinks you're good enough for me.'" The artist's signature, "Guy Pène du Bois 1919," is in the lower right corner.

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Date
1914

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 1/2 × 14 1/2in. (57.2 × 36.8 cm)

Accession number
31.529

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Rights and reproductions
Courtesy the Estate of Guy Pene du Bois

API
artworks/1624

Exhibitions

The Talk of the Town: Guy Pène du Bois and Elie Nadelman

Feb 10–May 9, 2000

Guy Pène Du Bois
56 works in the collection

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