Guy Pène Du Bois

The Three Hour Portrait

1921

A costumed woman poses on a stage beside her painted portrait and the title "The Three Hour Portrait."
A costumed woman poses on a stage beside her painted portrait and the title "The Three Hour Portrait."

Not on view

Date
1921

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 27 × 20 in. (68.6 × 50.8 cm) Image: 23 × 17 1/2 in. (58.4 × 44.5 cm)

Accession number
2014.74.17

Credit line
Gift of Flora Miller Biddle

Rights and reproductions
Courtesy the Estate of Guy Pene du Bois

API
artworks/45222

Part of a series:
A True History of Eight West Eighth
17 works

Seven formally dressed men gather in a dark room, appearing to hold a serious meeting.
A well-dressed man stands casually with hands in pockets, holding a hat and cane.
Title page reading "A pictorial history of Eight West Eighth" by Guy Pène du Bois.
A portly man in glasses and a double-breasted coat stands with hand in his pocket, captioned "God give me strength."
A nude model stands before five male artists studying a small sculpture on a stool.
A sharply dressed man stands in front of posters labeled Anarchy, Bolshevism, and Mysticism.
Person in a long coat stands holding a cane and smoking, framed by a decorative border.
A man in a suit holds his hat and leans forward to study a painting on the wall.
A group of veterans and sailors gather around a black-clad figure beneath flags and bunting.
A bearded man in a white suit stands with a cane before a row of bust sculptures.

Guy Pène Du Bois
56 works in the collection, 29 exhibitions

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