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Title:The Doll and the Monster
Artist:Guy Pène du Bois (American, New York 1884–1958 Boston, Massachusetts)
Date:1914
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, 1921
Object Number:21.147
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Guy Pène du Bois / 1914
the artist, New York (1914–21; sold in 1921 to Whitney); Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, New York (1921; her gift to MMA)
San Diego. Fine Arts Building. "Panama-California Exposition," January 1–December 31, 1915, no. 24 (for sale).
New York. Montross Gallery. "Opening Exhibition, Season 1916–1917," October 3–21, 1916, no. 15.
New York. Whitney Studio Club. "Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Whitney Studio Club," December 1918, no. 25.
Venice International Exhibition of Art Pavilion. "Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," May–November 1920.
London. Grafton Galleries. "Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," March–April 1921, no. 59.
Sheffield. Unknown venue. "Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," probably May–June 1921.
Paris. Galerie Georges Petit. "Exposition d'un groupe des peintres américains," July 5–30, 1921.
New York. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney's Studio. "Overseas Exhibition of American Paintings," November 2–15, 1921, no. 40 (as "Doll and Monster").
Mobile, Ala. Mobile Public Library. "Works by 14 American Painters," April 15–May 15, 1945, no catalogue.
Birmingham, Ala. Junior League Shop. "Works by 14 American Painters," May 18–June 21, 1945, no catalogue.
Trenton. New Jersey State Museum. "Modern Paintings: Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Watercolors by Living Artists of Europe and America," January 12–March 23, 1947.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Juliana Force and American Art: A Memorial Exhibition," September 24–October 30, 1949, no. 36.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 5).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Columbia Bicentennial Exhibition," October 28, 1954–April 18, 1955, no catalogue.
Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "25th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings," January 13–March 10, 1957.
Toledo Museum of Art. "25th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings," April 1–30, 1957.
New York. James Graham & Sons. "Guy Pene du Bois, 1884–1958," March 17–April 15, 1961.
Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego. "Modern American Painting: 1915," December 6, 1962–January 6, 1963, no. 5.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum's Collections," October 1–December 7, 1969, no catalogue.
"News and Comment in the World of Art." New York Sun (October 15, 1916), ill. p. 32.
"Montross Gallery's Autumn Opening." American Art News 15 (October 14, 1916), p. 2.
"London Cool to Whitney Exhibit." American Art News 19 (April 16, 1921), p. 5, quotes from a review of Exh. London 1921 by Sir Claude Phillips, originally published in the "Daily Telegraph (London)".
"Life, Letters and the Arts: American Art in London." Living Age no. 4007 (April 23, 1921), p. 243.
"Mrs. H. P. Whitney Makes Art Gifts." New York Times (November 2, 1921), p. 19.
"Mrs. Whitney Buys American Paintings." American Art News 20 (November 5, 1921), p. 1.
"Exhibitions at the Art Institute." Suburban Leader (December 20, 1928), p. 10.
"Some Modern Museum Acquisitions." Parnassus 4 (February 1932), p. 33.
Edward Alden Jewell. "In the Realm of Art: Glimpses of Various Horizons." New York Times (January 27, 1935), p. X9.
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 28.
Henry Geldzahler. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. New York, 1965, pp. 105–6, ill.
Betsy Fahlman. Guy Pène du Bois: Painter of Modern Life. Exh. cat., James Graham & Sons. New York, 2004, p. 28, ill. p. 85 (color).
Guy Pène du Bois (American, New York 1884–1958 Boston, Massachusetts)
1924
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