Live Auction 2225Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Christie’s roundel
Lot 35

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)

Menemsha Harbor

Closed2 December 2009

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USD 626,500

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Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
Menemsha Harbor
signed and dated 'Benton 51' (lower right)
watercolor, tempera and pencil on paper
19¼ x 27½ in. (48.9 x 69.9 cm.)

Malcolm McBride, Mendocino, California.
Gertrude Stein, New York.
Harry Spiro, New York.
Graham Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Florida, acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner, 2000.

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 and Michael Owen.