Woman

c. 1915/1920

Thomas Hart Benton

Painter, American, 1889 - 1975

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; Charles Pollock [1902-1988], from 1929;[1] acquired 1981 by (Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York); purchased 16 December 1981 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Early provenance according to Thomas Hart Benton: Synchromist Paintings 1915-1920 From a Private Collection, exh. cat., Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York, 1981. Pollock studied under Benton and sublet Benton's apartment in the summer of 1929. He found this painting with others in a suitcase that Benton evidently gave to him. See Gail Levin, "Thomas Hart Benton, Synchromism, and Abstract Art." Arts Magazine (December 1981): 146 n. 19.

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Exhibition History

1981

  • Thomas Hart Benton: Synchromist Paintings 1915-1920 from a Private Collection, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York, 2 December 1981 - 30 January 1982, no. 19, repro.

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982 - 16 January 1983.

Bibliography

1981

  • Levin, Gail. "Thomas Hart Benton, Synchromism, and Abstract Art." Arts Magazine (December 1981): 146, cover repro.

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 287, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46633451

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