Lot 78
  • 78

Thomas Hart Benton 1889 - 1975

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Hart Benton
  • Still Life (Synchromy)
  • oil on paper laid down on board
  • 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 in.
  • (21.7 by 14 cm)
  • Painted circa 1915.

Provenance

The Charles Pollack Collection
Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, March 16, 1990, lot 319, illustrated in color
Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1993

Exhibited

New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Thomas Hart Benton: Synchronist Paintings 1915-1920 From a Private Collection, December 1981-January 1982, no. 25, illustrated

Condition

Very good condition; under UV: fine.
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Catalogue Note

According to Henry Adams, this work is closely related to a watercolor in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and to a larger, finished oil in a private collection in Connecticut.