Thomas Hart Benton

Planting

1939

A man plows a furrow pulled by a mule while a woman scatters seed behind him.
A man plows a furrow pulled by a mule while a woman scatters seed behind him.

Thomas Hart Benton, Planting, 1939. Lithograph, sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (24.9 × 32.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Neifeld-Russak Families 2004.709. © T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1939

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (24.9 × 32.1 cm)

Accession number
2004.709

Edition
Ed. 250

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller & Son; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Gift of the Neifeld-Russak Families

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

API
artworks/19968



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