Thomas Hart Benton

American, 1889 - 1975

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  • The image depicts a black and white sketch of a man's profile, focusing on his head and part of his neck facing to the right. He has a prominent forehead, a straight nose, a beard, textured hair, and visible ears. The sketch is detailed with shading to enhance depth. The background is plain.

    Tom Keefer

    Thomas Hart Benton

    1941

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2015.19.1100

    Not on view
  • The image displays the upper body of a man, focusing on his head and shoulders. The man is portrayed in a three-quarter view, looking slightly downward to his right. He has deeply set eyes, prominent forehead wrinkles, curly hair, and a wide mustache and beard. He wears a dark-colored jacket over a lighter shirt. The background is a neutral, textured surface. No jewelry or objects are visible.

    Aaron

    Thomas Hart Benton, George C. Miller, Associated American Artists

    1941

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2000.103.1

    Not on view
  • The image shows a man standing with a rifle in one hand pointing downward. He has short, dark hair and wears a hat, shirt, trousers, a vest, and a belt. Beside him, a dog stands on all fours. The ground has short vegetation with a plain background.

    Ben Ragan and Trouble

    Thomas Hart Benton

    1941

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2015.19.1099

    Not on view
  • The image depicts a wintry scene with a man chopping wood. The viewpoint is slightly elevated. The sky is filled with dark clouds and snow covers the ground and roofs. The art style is detailed with cross-hatching for texture. The color palette is monochromatic, with black, white, and gray tones.

    The Woodpile

    Thomas Hart Benton, George C. Miller, Associated American Artists

    1939

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  1987.41.11

    Not on view
  • Printed with black and gray on cream-white paper, this horizontal lithograph shows nine people around or near a pickup truck to our right and a man sitting in front of a shed to our left under a moonlit sky. We are low to the ground, looking slightly up at the scene. Four men wearing hats load the back of the truck. The truck has a tractor-like cab with the windshield tilted out, lamp-like headlights, and the thin tires have spokes. A woman wearing a shin-length dress sits on the fender next to the door we can see, and she looks away toward the men to our left. A younger girl stands with arms crossed and young boy sits on the ground, both facing away from us, near the woman. Beyond the truck and to our left, an oil lamp sits on what might be a box or piece of furniture, next to a round basket. A person wearing a long garment, perhaps a coat, and a wide-brimmed hat faces away from us and seems to support a woman wearing a long dress, whose face turns up as she sways back. Another man sits next to an open door of the wooden shed to our left. A tree growing on the far side of the shed curves up over the sloping roof. A farmhouse sits on the horizon in the distance to our left. Two large, textured, sawn tree trunks lie on the ground close to us in the lower left corner. The land rises in low hills under the truck and shed. A crescent moon hangs in the dark sky above between two arms of clouds that sweep in from our right. On the paper under the printed image to the left, the artist inscribed the work: “To Patricia Syrett from Thomas H. Benton.” The artist also signed the work in the other lower corner, to the right: “Benton.”

    Departure of the Joads

    Thomas Hart Benton, Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation

    1939

    Lithograph on wove paper  Accession ID  2008.115.14

    On View: West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G25
  • This is a drawing of a steamboat on a riverbank. The steamboat has large paddlewheels at the back and two tall smokestacks emitting smoke. The boat has multiple decks, stairs leading to the upper level, and detailed windows and railings. On the front left, there is a small rowboat with two figures engaging with a cable attached to a crane on the steamboat. The scene is set along the riverbank with gently illustrated water. The drawing is done in sepia tones and black lines.

    Tennessee Belle

    Thomas Hart Benton

    c. 1939

    Graphite and pen and black ink with brown wash on wove paper  Accession ID  2000.98.2

    Not on view
  • The image shows a scene with a winding road and a train crossing in the background. A horse-drawn cart is traveling on the road, with two figures waving towards the train. Buildings are on either side of the road, with a lone tree to the right. The color palette is monochrome, using black, white, and grey shades. Textured brushstrokes create depth, especially in the smoke, shadows, and tree branches. The composition leads the viewer's gaze from the foreground to the distant train.

    Edge of Town

    Thomas Hart Benton, George C. Miller, Associated American Artists

    1938

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2015.19.1097

    Not on view
  • The image is depicts a rural scene from an elevated angle. The horizon separates the sky from the flat land stretching out toward water and faint outlines of mountains. A train produces a plume of dark smoke as it travels across the horizon. Closest to us, two figures raise their arms as they face the train, with a horse-drawn cart nearby. The brushstrokes are detailed and precise, capturing the textures of the landscape and structures. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black and white dominating. Simple wooden buildings are on either side of the dirt road in the foreground.

    Edge of Town

    Thomas Hart Benton, George C. Miller, Associated American Artists

    1938

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2015.19.994

    Not on view

  • Approaching Storm

    Thomas Hart Benton, George C. Miller, Print Club of Cleveland

    1938

    Lithograph in black  Accession ID  1943.3.1458

    Not on view
  • Printed with shades of black and gray, five people dance as a man plays the fiddle in a cramped room in this vertical lithograph. Closest to us, the fiddler sits on a wooden stool to the right. He has a long neck, a prominent Adam’s apple, and a pencil mustache, and his mouth hangs slack. He wears a wide-brimmed, high-crowned hat, a white, long-sleeved shirt, overalls, and rounded shoes. Bracing the fiddle against his chest, he lifts one foot. A pail next to the stool holds another bow. The room beyond the fiddler telescopes, with the far wall seeming close to us, the floor angling sharply up, and the ceiling careening down to meet the far wall. A lantern above hangs at an angle. A man and woman dancing together take up most of the left half of the composition. The woman looks up at the man smiling, and she wears a long dark dress with short, puffed sleeves. The man wraps one arm around her narrow waist, and they lift the entwined fingers of their other hands high. The man’s short hair is parted down the middle, and he wears a button-up, long-sleeved white shirt, trousers, and a belt. Two women and a man dance in the shallow space behind this couple. The corner of an area rug edges into the scene and under the planted foot of the fiddler. The artist’s name, “Benton,” is inscribed on the printing stone in the lower left corner and written in graphite in the lower right.

    I Got a Gal on Sourwood Mountain

    Thomas Hart Benton, George C. Miller, Associated American Artists

    1938

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2008.115.17

    Not on view
  • The image shows a man wearing a hat and holding onto a plow being pulled by a horse. The background consists of a high horizon with a small rocky formation to the left. The painting features expressive brushstrokes with bold lines defining the figures and landscape, and lighter strokes indicating motion and texture. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black, white, and gray for depth and contrast.

    Plowing it Under

    Thomas Hart Benton, George C. Miller, Associated American Artists

    1934

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2008.115.15

    Not on view

  • Going West

    Thomas Hart Benton, Ferargil Galleries

    1934

    Lithograph in black on wove paper  Accession ID  2000.98.1

    Not on view