Lot 56
  • 56

Thomas Hart Benton 1889 - 1975

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Hart Benton
  • Still Life with Fruit and Flowers on a Table Top
  • signed and dated Benton '42, l.r.; also inscribed Still Life / Oil Tempea [sic] / 1942 / Gesso on Masonite Panel on the reverse
  • oil and tempera on masonite
  • 30 1/4 by 22 in.
  • (76.8 by 55.9 cm)

Provenance

Associated American Artists, New York
Ned L. Pines, New York
Gift to the present owner (his daughter), circa 1960s

Exhibited

Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1975

Condition

Very good condition, small fleck of loss at left center edge. Under UV: a few minor retouches, particularly in lower left corner, otherwise fine.
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