Thomas Hart Benton 1889-1975
Portrait of Will Ream, 1928-30
Ink, wash and pencil on paper
12 x 9⅛ inches
30.5 x 23.2 cm
30.5 x 23.2 cm
Signed at lower right: Benton; inscribed at lower left: Will Ream / Tullis, Wy; inscribed on verso: Wyoming / Citizen
Provenance
The artist; toThe Thomas Hart and Rita Piacenza Benton Testamentary Trusts
Exhibitions
Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, Thomas Hart Benton: Where Does the West Begin?, October 18—December 6, 2024, no. 10
Literature
Karal Ann Marling, Tom Benton and His Drawings: A Biographical Essay and a Collection of His Sketches, Studies and Mural Cartoons, University of Missouri Press: Columbia, 1985, pp. 68, 71, no. 4-3, illus. in color, as Will Ream, Wyoming Citizen, Tullis, WyomingSchoelkopf Gallery and Lauren Kroiz, Thomas Hart Benton: Where Does the West Begin?, New York: Schoelkopf Gallery, 2024, no. 10, p. 34, illus.
