Property from an Important Private Collection, Missouri
Thomas Hart Benton
Morning and a Sack of Meal
Session begins in
November 21, 03:30 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Bid
220,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, Missouri
Thomas Hart Benton
1899 - 1975
Morning and a Sack of Meal
signed Benton (lower right)
oil and tempera on panel
14 ½ by 24 ¼ in.
36.8 by 61.6 cm.
Executed circa 1933.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by The Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Jessie Benton, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson and Michael Owen.
(probably) [with] Associated American Artists, New York (on consignment by the artist)
Private Collection
The artist
Private Collection (acquired directly from the above in January 1975)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Palm Beach, Surovek Gallery and New York, Lester-Thompson Fine Art, Thomas Hart Benton: Mechanics of Form, 2019, p. 41, illustrated in color
Ruth Pickering, "The Restless World of Thomas Benton," The London Studio, vol. 15, June 1938, p. 328, illustrated
Matthew Baigell, Thomas Hart Benton, New York, 1973, no. 70, p. 106, illustrated in color
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