Beschreibung:

Guy Pene du Bois American, 1884-1958 Captain Billy (Portrait of William Pene du Bois Seated, with a Sailboat Model), 1925 Signed Guy Pene du Bois (lr) Oil on canvas 36 x 29 inches Provenance: The artist By descent to William Pene du Bois, his son By descent to Willa Kim, his wife Exhibited: New York, Kraushaar Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by Guy Pene du Bois, Dec. 6 - 28, 1927, no. 8 Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Institute, 17th Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, Oct. 18 - Dec. 9, 1928, no. 77 Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 127th Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Jan. 24 - Mar. 13, 1932, no. 269 New York, Kraushaar Galleries, "Paintings by Guy Pene du Bois from 1908-1938," Nov. 15 - Dec. 10, 1938, no. 18 Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Institute, An Exhibition of Paintings by Guy Pene du Bois from 1908 to 1938, Jan. 4 - 22, 1939, no. 29 New York, Portraits Inc., American Portraits by American Painters, 1730-1944, 1921-1944 group, Apr. 24 - May, 13, 1944, Knoedler Galleries, no. 44 Literature: Helen Appleton Read, "News and Views of Current Art: Guy Pene du Bois," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec. 11, 1927 Helen Appleton Read, "Portraits of Children," Vogue, Apr. 15, 1931, p. 90, illus. The present work was photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son; the original nitrate negative is part of the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC We extend our most sincere thanks to Dr. Betsy Fahlman, Professor of Art History, Arizona State University for her generous assistance in cataloguing this lot. C The Collection of Willa Kim and William Pène du Bois
Relined, stretchers not original. Treatment Performed (summer 2017) 1. Remove grime layer, thick, discolored varnish and old retouchings from painting. 2. Apply new varnish of BEVA varnish (Regalrez resin with U V stabilizer). 3. Retouch as necessary with resin colors (Maimeri).