Mother's Darling
Date1913
Artist
Guy Pène du Bois
(American painter, 1884–1958)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions15 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (38.7 × 28.6 cm)
frame: 21 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (54.6 × 44.1 cm)
frame: 21 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (54.6 × 44.1 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund and Acquisition Fund, 1991
Object number1991-128
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextA student of Robert Henri, Guy Pène du Bois was a master at conveying the character of his subjects and their relationships through small gestures--the angle of the son's head, the thrust of the mother's shoulders--and strong, simplified outlines. 
George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier
1895
