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", c. 1924-26
Oil on board
11⅞ x 8⅞ inches
30.2 x 22.5 cm
30.2 x 22.5 cm
Signed and dated at lower left: Benton 2[illeg.]; inscribed on verso: Epic of Amer.—2nd series.
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...
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.
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. 1
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. 115, 120, no. 9-4, illus. in color, as Value study for "The Pathfinder"Schoelkopf Gallery and Lauren Kroiz, Thomas Hart Benton: Where Does the West Begin?, New York: Schoelkopf Gallery, 2024, no. 1, p. 30, illus.
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