Thomas Hart Benton

Private Collection, New York
Purchased from the above by the present owner

In generally good condition; surface uniformly discolored (edges of sheet under mat are slightly lighter than rest--with mat burn from old matting/framing); some soiling to surface: scattered light stains and a few spots of foxing; edges are intact--upper edge is worn, as though torn from an artist's block; sheet is hinged to backing with pieces of white linen tape along the upper edge, verso
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Professor Henry Adams has suggested that the present work dates from 1926 and represents a scene Benton witnessed during a visit to Santa Fe.  During that year, the artist made sketching trips through Northwest Arkansas, before going on to Santa Fe.