Tom Keefer

1941

Thomas Hart Benton

Associated Names
Thomas Hart Benton

Artist, American, 1889 - 1975

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.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 20.96 × 15.88 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 29.53 cm (16 × 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1100

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fath 1979, no. 51

  • Series Title

    Swamp Water

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • Fath, Creekmore. The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1969, pp. 122-123, no. 51.

1979

  • Fath, Creekmore. The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979, pp. 122-123, no. 51.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Benton; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: "MAN"

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77011809

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