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Lot 74 : THOMAS HART BENTON 1889-1975

Auction Location: United States of America - 2003
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Title:

THE FLOOD

Description:

SIGNED AND DATED (MAKER'S MARKS)
signed Benton and dated '38, l.r.; also titled, inscribed and signed "Flood"/1937 Flood in Southeast Missouri along Missippi [sic] River/along Missippi [sic] river/ Thomas H. Benton on the reverse

Medium:

oil and tempera on gessoed panel

Dimensions:

15 3/4 by 20 in. (40 by 50.8 cm)

Provenance:

Thomas H. and Rita P. Benton Trusts
Graham Gallery, New York; John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California and Gerald Peters Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1980

This work will be included in the forthcoming Thomas Hart Benton catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation.


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