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The Station

1929

Thomas Hart Benton

Associated Names

Thomas Hart Benton

Artist, American, 1889 - 1975

Delphic Studios

Publisher

The image is a black and white illustration showing a scene from an elevated viewpoint. There is a pole with crossbars to the left, and a steam locomotive emitting smoke in the center. Surrounding the locomotive are small buildings and trees. The sky is light and meets the landscape at a high horizon line. The illustration uses a stippled effect for texture in the sky and shading in the landscape. The color palette is monochromatic using black, white, and gray for contrast and form in the rural or small-town setting.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

image: 14.6 × 15.4 cm (5 3/4 × 6 1/16 in.)
sheet: 28.8 × 40.1 cm (11 5/16 × 15 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.16
Catalogue Raisonné

Fath 1979, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1969

Fath, Creekmore. The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1969, pp. 22-23, no. 1.

1979

Fath, Creekmore. The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979, pp. 22-23, no. 1.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 28/100; lower right in graphite: To [undecipered] - Benton

Wikidata ID

Q76440155

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