Thomas Hart Benton

Autumn
1940–1941

A pastoral scene with two horses standing by a wooden fence in a field, with a backdrop of a dramatic sky with pink-tinged clouds and a visible moon. In the foreground, there's a fallen branch with autumn leaves, suggesting a change of seasons.

A pastoral scene with two horses standing by a wooden fence in a field, with a backdrop of a dramatic sky with pink-tinged clouds and a visible moon. In the foreground, there's a fallen branch with autumn leaves, suggesting a change of seasons.

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Date
1940–1941

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil and tempera on linen mounted on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 22 1/2 × 28 5/8in. (57.2 × 72.7 cm)

Accession number
66.114

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Loula D. Lasker Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/1273

Exhibitions

Modernisms

Aug 29, 2007–Jan 13, 2008

Thomas Hart Benton
32 works in the collection

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