The Honorable William Benton

American, 1900 - 1973

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Reginald Marsh, Merry-Go-Round, 1940, watercolor and black crayon on wove paper, Gift of the Honorable William Benton, 1965.11.1

Merry-Go-Round

Reginald Marsh · 1940 · watercolor and black crayon on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1965.11.1

Reginald Marsh, Blonde Woman, c. 1940s, watercolor and ink wash on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton), 2015.19.992

Blonde Woman

Reginald Marsh · c. 1940s · watercolor and ink wash on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.992

Reginald Marsh, Couple on the Beach, c. 1940s, pen and black ink, wash, and gouache on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton), 2015.19.991

Couple on the Beach

Reginald Marsh · c. 1940s · pen and black ink, wash, and gouache on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.991

Reginald Marsh, Locomotive, 1932, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton), 2014.136.202

Locomotive

Reginald Marsh · 1932 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2014.136.202

A light-skinned man and woman and a collie dog are outside a white house at the edge of a pale peach field of grass in this horizontal painting. Taking up a bit more than the top right quadrant of the composition, the house is white with pale blue shadows. Near the back, left corner of the house, the door has two tall, inset frosted glass panels and a shallow roof supported with scrolling, carved corbels. The door is flanked by a bay window on the left and a single window on the right. A shadowy grove of blue-green trees grows to the left of the house with one branch reaching toward the bay window. The woman faces us and stands between the bay window and door with downcast eyes and folded arms. Her blond hair is pulled or brushed back, and she wears a snug fitting, calf-length teal-blue dress. The man sits on the doorstep so his knees are angled to our left. His near arm drapes over his left knee and his far hand reaches toward the dog, his fingers and thumb touching. He has short blond hair and a ruddy face, and he wears a white t-shirt and olive-green pants. The dog stands in the middle of the field with its body angled to our right, its pointed ears and tail pricked up as it swivels its head to look to our left. It has an auburn-brown coat with white belly, chest, and tip of the tail. There are a few areas of spearmint green in the otherwise peach-colored grass, which is tall enough to brush the belly of the dog. The artist signed the lower right, “EDWARD HOPPER.”
Edward Hopper, Cape Cod Evening, 1939, oil on canvas, John Hay Whitney Collection, 1982.76.6

Cape Cod Evening

Edward Hopper · 1939 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1982.76.6

Reginald Marsh, Woman Walking, 1947, brush and black ink, wash, and gouache on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton), 2015.19.989

Woman Walking

Reginald Marsh · 1947 · brush and black ink, wash, and gouache on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.989

Reginald Marsh, Two Women, c. 1940s, pen and black ink with wash on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton), 2015.19.990

Two Women

Reginald Marsh · c. 1940s · pen and black ink with wash on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.990

Reginald Marsh, Two Women, c. 1940s, pen and black ink, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton), 2015.19.988

Two Women

Reginald Marsh · c. 1940s · pen and black ink, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.988

Reginald Marsh, Construction Workers, 1926, pen and brown ink with wash over graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton), 2015.19.993

Construction Workers

Reginald Marsh · 1926 · pen and brown ink with wash over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.993