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During the thirties, Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri was the most outspoken artist of the Regionalist movement, which sought to bring art back to the grass roots. In commonplace Midwest humanity, such as the man plowing in this lithograph, Benton sought a fresh and distinctively American art.
Source: Bulletin, March 1968
Exhibition History"American Museum - an Experience in Comunity," organized by the International Communication Agency, Washington, D. C., circulated to:~Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 13 - Nov. 1, 1981;~Museum of Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 25 -June 13, 1982;~Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 27 - Aug. 19, 1982
Published ReferencesTHE LITHOGRAPHS OF THOMAS HART BENTON, compiled and edited by Creekmore Fath, University of Texas Press, Austin and London, p. 36, repro. p. 37 (full page)
DMAC Bulletin, Mar. 1968, repro.
Exhibition History"American Museum - an Experience in Comunity," organized by the International Communication Agency, Washington, D. C., circulated to:~Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 13 - Nov. 1, 1981;~Museum of Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 25 -June 13, 1982;~Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 27 - Aug. 19, 1982
Published ReferencesTHE LITHOGRAPHS OF THOMAS HART BENTON, compiled and edited by Creekmore Fath, University of Texas Press, Austin and London, p. 36, repro. p. 37 (full page)
DMAC Bulletin, Mar. 1968, repro.
DimensionsSheet: 11 9/16 × 16 in. (29.4 × 40.6 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 × 14 in. (21.6 × 35.6 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 × 14 in. (21.6 × 35.6 cm)
Accession Number 1967.38
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CopyrightARS
SignedBenton (l,r plate);
Benton (l,r graphite)
Editionedition of 250
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