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Guy Pène Du BoisPortia Novella Le Brun or “Stephanie”1941
1941
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Portia Novella Le Brun or “Stephanie”
Oil pastel on paper, 1941
Preliminary study for this work on the reverse (see last illustration)
Signed in ink lower left
Provenance: William Pene du Bois (1916-1993, son of the artist
Willa Kim (1917-2016) his wife, award-winning costume designer
Note: Two attributions of the sitter are highly plausible due to visual appearance of the model. The first possible sitter is little-known poet Portia Novello Le Brun (1898/1900-1947). She was the subject of several paintings by Pene du Bois in the 1940's, including At the Met (The Old Met) and Portia in a Pink Blouse, in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Portia was married to the artist Rico LeBrun (1900-1964) in 1925 and divorced in 1937. Shortly after the divorce Portia modeled for Pene du Bois. She has a very strong similarity of hair, nose, angular face and body type to the current sitter depicted.
Another attribution of the sitter is also plausible. There is a similar nude oil pastel drawing on the same paper of the same model. The provenance is Graham and Sons, NY, Pene du Bois' dealer. It bears a handwritten title of "Stephanie". It is clearly the same model used in this oil pastel.
- Creator:Guy Pène Du Bois (1884-1958, American)
- Creation Year:1941
- Dimensions:Height: 18.875 in (47.95 cm)Width: 15.125 in (38.42 cm)
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- Condition:Slight discoloration to the sheet.
- Gallery Location:Fairlawn, OH
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