(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
Guy Pène du Bois painted The Politicians during his last year as a reporter for William Randolph Hearst’s New York American . A great admirer of the satirical French painter Honoré Daumier and keen observer of social and political life in New York, Pène du Bois often caricatured the city’s lawyers, policemen, tycoons, and politicians.
another work in the same vein titled The Politician (c. 1912, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
French Paintings, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1933, no. 6 1934 Still Life, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
