Island Hay
Type:Print
Year:1945
Size:10.00" x 12.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Thomas Hart Benton ART FOR SALE
1889 Neosho, Missouri - 1975 Kansas City, Missouri. Known for: Modernist art, abstraction, regionalist easel and mural painting.
BENTON, THOMAS HART. Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri on April 15, 1889. Even as a boy, he was no stranger to the "art of the deal" or to the smoke-filled rooms in which such deals... Read full biography
BENTON, THOMAS HART. Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri on April 15, 1889. Even as a boy, he was no stranger to the "art of the deal" or to the smoke-filled rooms in which such deals were often consummated. His grandfather had been Missouri's first United States Senator and served in... Read full biography
BENTON, THOMAS HART. Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri on April 15, 1889. Even as a boy, he was no stranger to the "art of the deal" or to the smoke-filled rooms in which such deals were often consummated. His grandfather had been Missouri's first United States Senator and served in Washington for thirty years. His father, Maecenas Benton, was United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri under Cleveland and served in the United States House of Representatives during... Read full biography
BENTON, THOMAS HART. Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri on April 15, 1889. Even as a boy, he was no stranger to the "art of the deal" or to the smoke-filled rooms in which such deals were often consummated. His grandfather had been Missouri's first United States Senator and served in Washington for thirty years. His father, Maecenas Benton, was United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri under Cleveland and served in the United States House of Representatives during the McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations. Benton's brother, Nat, was prosecutor for Greene County, Missouri, during the 1930s. As soon as he could walk, Benton traveled with his father on political tours. There he learned the arts of... Read full biography
BENTON, THOMAS HART. Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri on April 15, 1889. Even as a boy, he was no stranger to the "art of the deal" or to the smoke-filled rooms in which such deals were often consummated. His grandfather had been Missouri's first United States Senator and served in Washington for thirty years. His father, Maecenas Benton, was United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri under Cleveland and served in the United States House of Representatives during the McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations. Benton's brother, Nat, was prosecutor for Greene County, Missouri, during the 1930s. As soon as he could walk, Benton traveled with his father on political tours. There he learned the arts of chewing and smoking, and while the men were involved in their heated discussions, Benton delighted in finding new cream colo... Read full biography
Thomas Hart Benton - Art for Sale (27 available)
I Got A Gal On Sourwood Mountain
Type:Print
Year:1938
Size:18.50" x 14.50" x 1.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:250
Notes:
Image Size: 9 18 x 12 1/8 Sheet Size: 16 1/8 x 11 3/8 Framed Size: 18.5 x 14.5
Night Firing
Type:Print
Year:1943
Size:8.75" x 13.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Making Camp
Type:Print
Year:1972
Size:16.25" x 19.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right
Blast Furnace, We the People
Type:Painting
Year:1932 ca.
Size:13.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Letter Of Authentication
Notes:
In 1928-30, Benton studied the steel industry and made a series of sketches in preparation for his America Today mural series, arguably his best-known public work. The model for this value study is likely Jackson Pollock, Benton's student at the time.
Planting
Type:Print
Year:1939
Size:10.00" x 12.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Also titled 'Spring Plowing', Signed in pencil lower right 'Benton', AAA NYC, ed. of 250.
Going West
Type:Illustration
Year:1934
Size:11.50" x 22.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Thomas Hart Benton Lithograph from 1934.
Sunset
Type:Print
Year:1941
Size:10.00" x 13.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Thomas Hart Benton 2 Regional Farming Scenes
Type:Drawing
Year:1920-30
Size:8.00" x 11.00"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Cotton Pickers in Field & Man on a Horse in Field with Harvesting Workers . Provenance: M.M.Deffenbaugh of Staunton VA: Purchased from Benton in 1970's Robert D. Hill of Nashville TN: purchased in 1980's Southern Collection: purchased from Hill in 2007 and 2012
Investigation
Type:Print
Year:1937
Size:10.00" x 13.00"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:193
Notes:
A group of men in a boat approach a flooded building
Old Man Reading
Type:Print
Year:1941
Size:10.00" x 12.13"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Loading Corn
Type:Print
Year:1945
Size:9.50" x 12.75"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Man on a Horse in Field with Harvesting Workers
Type:Drawing
Size:7.00" x 10.50"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Man on a Horse in Field with Harvesting Workers . 7" X 10.5" Framed 15" by 18.5" Provenance: M.M.Deffenbaugh of Staunton VA: Purchased from Benton in 1970's Robert D. Hill of Nashville TN: purchased in 1980's Southern Collection: purchased from Hill in 2007 and 2012
Going West
Type:Print
Year:1934
Size:11.50" x 22.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:75
Notes:
1934, Lithograph.
New
Frankie and Johnnie
Type:Print
Year:1936
Size:16.25" x 22.25"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:Ed. /100
Notes:
Thomas Benton Frankie and Johnnie, Ed./100, 1936 lithograph 16.25 x 22.25 in. 24 x 29 in. Framed size
Hymn Singer (The Minstrel)
Type:Other
Year:1950
Size:16.00" x 12.37"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:Edition of 500
Notes:
Pencil signed lower right " Thomas H. Benton" Edition 275/500 Characterization of Burl Ives
Down the River
Type:Print
Year:1939
Size:12.50" x 10.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Instruction
Type:Print
Year:1940
Size:10.25" x 12.25"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Keith Farm (double-sided work)
Type:Painting
Year:1951
Size:8.13" x 10.88"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Signed lower left "Benton" verso grisaille of Martha's Vineyard
Studies for ‘The Arts of Life in America’ – Double Sided Work
Type:Painting
Year:1931
Size:21.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Signed and dated lower left "Benton 31" Front image: Figure study for the "Indian Arts" mural Verso image: Figure study for "Arts of the South" mural
Mine Strike
Type:Painting
Year:1933
Size:15.37" x 13.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Double-sided oil on tin. Signed lower left "Benton" Annotated on verso "Pittsburgh Strike by Thm Benton" Includes "Strike" lithograph
"Well, sir," Abe continued, "when he heard all the racket and smelled...brimstone...the chief walked out on the cliff top"
Type:Drawing
Year:c. 1953
Size:10.75" x 7.75"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Signed
Rainy Day
Type:Print
Year:1938
Size:8.75" x 13.38"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
White Bluffs, Buffalo River
Type:Painting
Size:9.50" x 14.00"
Medium:Tempera
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
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Minstrel Show
Type:Painting
Year:1934
Size:9.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Signed
Slow Train Through Arkansas
Type:Print
Year:1941
Size:10.00" x 12.75"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed in pencil lower right "Benton"
Conversation
Type:Painting
Size:17.75" x 28.00"
Medium:Tempera
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Signed lower left: Benton