Pene Du Bois, Guy (American, 1884-1958). PORTRAIT OF JULIANA FORCE. Watercolor and oil stick on paper, not dated. Signed in ink, lower right. 17 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches. Tape residue, verso, else in very good condition. Provenance: By descent from the artist to Mrs. John Trent, Mt. Kisco, NY, thence to a private R.I. collection, and then to Skinner, Boston, MA. Juliana Force, 1876-1948, was the first Director of the Whitney Museum, a position she held from its founding in 1930, until her death in 1948.
