Study for 'Lumber Mill'

Details

THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975)
Study for 'Lumber Mill'
signed 'Benton' (lower left)
oil en grisaille on paperboard
8 1⁄2 x 11 5⁄8 in. (21.6 x 29.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1928.

Provenance

Thomas Hart and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts.
Aaron Galleries, Chicago, Illinois.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Thomas Hart Benton catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Jessie Benton, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson and Michael Owen.

The present work was painted as a study for the larger oil Lumber Mill (Private Collection), which depicts a mill in West Virginia.

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