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WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS and RAOUL PÈNE DU BOIS.
“Tights and Makeup.”Together, 21 circus-themed illustrations for an unpublished book
featuring clowns, muscle men, and acrobats, 6 of which are by Raoul and 15 by William
which were included in “ATaste for Adventure:The Art of William Pène du Bois,” at the
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, December 2015-May 2016.Watercolor, pen,
and ink on boards. 127x127 mm; 5x5 inches, on 6x6-inch boards. All initialed with
captions on verso. Hinged to window mattes and uniformly attractively displayed in three
frames, with Kendra Krienke Gallery labels on veros. Nd, circa 1935.
[3,500/5,000]