Live Auction 12163American Art
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
Lot 11 Property of the Jack Warner Foundation

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)

Chopping Cotton

Closed19 May 2016

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USD 293,000

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Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
Chopping Cotton
signed 'Benton' (lower right)
tempera on paper laid down on board
10 x 12 ½ in. (25.4 x 31.8 cm.), image; 10 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (27.3 x 33.7 cm.), overall
Painted circa 1931.

Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1980.

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.