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THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975)
Lot 211 Property from a Distinguished Chicago Collection

THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975)

Study for 'Lumber Mill'

Closed18 May 2021

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THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975)
Study for 'Lumber Mill'
signed 'Benton' (lower left)
oil en grisaille on paperboard
8 1⁄2 x 11 5⁄8 in. (21.6 x 29.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1928.

Thomas Hart and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts.
Aaron Galleries, Chicago, Illinois.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note


This work will be included in the forthcoming Thomas Hart Benton catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Jessie Benton, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson and Michael Owen.

The present work was painted as a study for the larger oil Lumber Mill (Private Collection), which depicts a mill in West Virginia.