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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.
DimensionsSheet: 11 9/16 × 16 in. (29.4 × 40.6 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 × 14 in. (21.6 × 35.6 cm)
Accession Number 1967.38
Classificationsprint
CopyrightARS
SignedBenton (l,r plate); Benton (l,r graphite)
Editionedition of 250
Ploughing
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1951
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1938
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1941
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1945
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1936
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1946
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1928
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
ca. 1946
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Loraine McKenney
James Hall
after Charles Bird King
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