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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Thomas Hart Benton, Study for "American Historical Epic — Colonial Expansion: The Pathfinder", 1926

Thomas Hart Benton 1889-1975

Study for "American Historical Epic — Colonial Expansion: The Pathfinder", 1926
Oil on board
9 x 6¾ inches
22.9 x 17.1 cm
Signed and dated at lower left: Benton '26; inscribed at lower right on board: Epic of America
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This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson...
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This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson and Michael Owen.
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Provenance

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The Thomas Hart and Rita Piacenza Benton Testamentary Trusts
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