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Thomas Hart Benton Original Lithograph, 1939 - "Cradling Wheat"

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Original stone lithograph created 1939 by well-known Regionalist Thomas Hart Benton. The print is in fine condition with full margins and pencil signed lower right. Also signed in the stone lower left. Fath #27. Image size: 9 1/2"h x 12"w. Title: “Cradling Wheat.” Archivally matted and unframed. Mat size: 16 3/4 x 18 1/2. Edition size is 250. Has the original hinges still attached at the two upper corners. Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was born in Neosho, Missouri, the son and grandnephew of a United States congressmen. Benton was one of America's most popular and heavily patronized modern artists during the decades leading up to World War II and his murals were especially acclaimed. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, Benton gained artistic fame as a Regionalist painter, depicting the people and culture of the American Midwest, in particular his native state of Missouri. While his subjects were primarily based in America's heartland, he lived in New York City for twenty years. While there he dabbled in abstraction, before developing the Regionalist style he is known for. One of Benton's most famous students was Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock.
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    Height: 16.75 in (42.55 cm)Width: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Depth: 0.06 in (1.53 mm)
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    1939
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    Phoenix, AZ
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    1stDibs: LU1875336534192
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