Thomas Hart Benton Lithograph "A Drink of Water"

Item Details

Thomas Hart Benton (Missouri/Massachusetts/Kansas; 1889 – 1975)
A Drink of Water, 1937
Lithograph on wove paper
Signed to lower right margin; signed in plate to lower left

A 1937 lithograph titled A Drink of Water by well-listed American Scene painter, muralist and lithographer Thomas Hart Benton (Missouri/Massachusetts/Kansas; 1889 – 1975). This stylized image depicts a farmworker taking a water break as his team of mules stand ready to work in the field nearby. The work is signed to the lower right margin, as well as in the plate to the lower left. It is presented behind a white mat, under glass, in a gold-tone wood frame and is equipped to hang.

Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri on April 15, 1889. Benton began drawing and sketching at a young age and when he turned eighteen, he left home to study at the Art Institute in Chicago from 1907-1908 and would continue his studies in Paris. Upon returning to the states, Benton quickly became the leader of the American Regionalist School and was recognized for his ability as Harry Truman once described him, ‘the best damned painter in America.’ He is also infamous for his role in teaching the great American abstract painter, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). Today his works can be found in private collections and museums around the country and internationally.

Condition

- toning to print and mat; stain to mat to left side; light wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 14.25" W x 10.0" H.

Item #

19CIN023-508