Thomas Hart Benton, American, b. Neosho, Missouri, 1889–1975 Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
65 5/8 x 77 5/8 in. (166.5 x 197.3 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
(1920)
Provenance:
James Graham and Sons, New York, to 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History:
BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, New York. "Before the Fall: Art of the American Twenties," 21 October 2011-15 January 2012.
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, Salem, Massachusettes. "American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood," 6 June - 7 September 2015, no. 70, color ill. pg 14 and 147. TOUR: THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART, 10 Oct 2015 - 3 January 2016; AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 6 February - 1 May 2016; MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, 9 June - 5 September 2016.
MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 62.
Published References:
RUUD, BRANDON K. and GREGORY NOSAN, eds. Works on Paper from the Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016), no. 26, color ill. p. 52.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 42, p. 65.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
