Guy Pène Du Bois

Promenade
c. 1914

Pencil sketch from 1920 depicting two elegantly dressed figures, a man in a suit and hat holding a cane and a woman in a dress with a detailed bodice, standing behind a fence. A shadowy figure of a child appears behind the fence, and there are faint inscriptions at the top and bottom of the drawing.
Pencil sketch from 1920 depicting two elegantly dressed figures, a man in a suit and hat holding a cane and a woman in a dress with a detailed bodice, standing behind a fence. A shadowy figure of a child appears behind the fence, and there are faint inscriptions at the top and bottom of the drawing.

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Date
c. 1914

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 14 1/8 × 12 1/16in. (35.9 × 30.6 cm)

Accession number
31.539

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/1980

Guy Pène Du Bois
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