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Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)

Creator: Thomas Hart Benton
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
American, Lived/Active: Missouri and Massachusetts.
The Hymn Singer. Signed (l.r.) in pencil: Thomas H. Benton, #45 of 500.
Published by Twayne Publishers, New York, 1950. Lithograph. 20” x 16” (sheet), 21 ¼” x 17 ¼” (with frame).
Excellent condition, recently cleaned and framed.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Piacenza, Sanford, North Carolina.
The Hymn Singer is a portrait of Burl Ives who was a musician, singer and actor. Catalogue raisonné author, Creekmore Fath, notes an edition of 500 for this particular print but suggests the edition may be smaller.
Thomas Hart Benton was known as the leader of the Regionalist School and created a style of painting that addressed subject mater speciﬁc to America and to the region of Missouri. He was masterful at combining elements of Modernism and Realism.

Item ID: WoA-WoP-LITH 008

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Lithograph on paper
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	ca. 1950
Styles / Movements:	Black & White
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-WoP-LITH 008
Incollect Reference #:	746988

Dimensions

W.	17.25 in;	H.	21.25 in;
W.	43.82 cm;	H.	53.98 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.