About the Artwork
Box of Chocolates
1927
Guy Pène Du Bois
1884-1958
American
Unknown
Watercolor and pen and ink over graphite pencil on cream wove paper
Image: 12 7/8 × 10 1/8 inches (32.7 × 25.7 cm) Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (45.1 × 35.2 cm)
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City of Detroit Purchase
30.299
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Markings
Signed, in pen and black ink, on image, lower left: Guy Pène du Bois 27
Inscribed, in pencil, on sheet, lower center: The Red Box Inscribed, on sheet, upper left corner: Kr 207
Provenance
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Guy Pène Du Bois, Box of Chocolates, 1927, watercolor and pen and ink over graphite pencil on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.299.
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