Dusti Bongé | Early Work
Dusti Bongé’s early work is characterized by a modern style influenced by Cubism. Inspired by the surroundings of her native Biloxi, she would often sketch during her walks collecting rents from the seafood workers who lived along the Back Bay. In 1939, she first exhibited her work in New York City at the Contemporary Arts Gallery. In the 1940s, she began experimenting with Surrealism and created a series of work based upon her “Keyhole” people. Her Surrealist compositions continued to evolve into the early 1950s when she created an accomplished group of paintings based upon the circus that was visiting Biloxi.

P-105
Biloxi Scene with Boat and Camp, 1943
oil on canvas, signed upper right, 18 x 22 in., in a period painted wood slat frame.
SOLD

W38-023
Untitled (Floral Still Life), c. 1938
Pastel on paper, unsigned, 9 x 12 in.
Archivally matted and framed with museum glass.
SOLD

W39-043
Car and Buildings, c. 1936-39
Oil crayon on paper, unsigned, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. sight.
Archivally matted and framed with museum glass.
SOLD

W39-045
Boats at the Dock, Back Bay, Biloxi, c. 1936-39
Oil crayon on paper, signed lower right, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. sight.
Archivally framed in a contemporary pickled wood frame with a white mat and UV glass.
SOLD

W39-072
Houses in Biloxi, c. 1936-39
oil crayon on paper, unsigned, 11 x 13 ½ in.
Archivally framed.
SOLD

W42-006
Untitled (River Landscape), 1942
Pastel on paper, unsigned, dated en verso, 9 x 12 in.
Unframed.
SOLD

W38-007
Untitled (Sailboats at the Dock), c. 1938
Pastel on paper, unsigned, 15 x 20 in.
Unframed.
SOLD

W38-025
Untitled (Still Life of Sunflowers), c. 1938
watercolor on paper, signed lower right, 10 ¾ x 14 ¼ in
Matted.
SOLD

W39-040
Seafood Factory, Biloxi, c. 1935-39
Oil and crayon on paper, unsigned, 10 x 13 1/2 in. sight.
Archival framed in a contemporary pickled wood frame with a white mat and UV glass.
SOLD

W39-053
Boat and Building on the Back Bay, Biloxi, c. 1936-39
Oil and crayon on paper, unsigned, 11 x 13 1/2 in. sight.
Archival framed in a contemporary pickled wood frame with a white mat and UV glass.
SOLD

W42-010
Portrait of Hazel Guggenheim McKinley, 1942
Pastel on paper, signed lower right, 14 x 12 in.
Unframed.
SOLD

W45-009
Untitled (Surrealist Composition with Horse), c. 1945
Watercolor and ink on paper, signed lower right, 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Archival matted and framed with museum glass.
SOLD

W50-108
Untitled (Surrealist Keyhole People), 1950
watercolor on paper, signed and dated “’50” upper left and signed lower right, 11 ¾ x 9 in.
Archivally framed in a light wood frame with a white mat.
SOLD

W52-012
Untitled (Surrealist Composition), c. 1952
Watercolor and ink on paper, signed upper left, 11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.
Unframed.
SOLD

W52-016
Untitled (Surrealist Circus Figures), c. 1952
Watercolor and ink on paper, signed lower right, 17 x 13 3/4 in.
Unframed.
SOLD