Thomas Hart Benton

Planting
1939

A black and white illustration depicting a rural scene with two figures working in a field. One person is plowing the land with the help of a donkey, while the other carries a bucket and a tool. There's a wooden fence in the foreground and a small house with trees in the background under a cloudy sky. The artwork has a signature at the bottom right corner.
A black and white illustration depicting a rural scene with two figures working in a field. One person is plowing the land with the help of a donkey, while the other carries a bucket and a tool. There's a wooden fence in the foreground and a small house with trees in the background under a cloudy sky. The artwork has a signature at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1939

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16in. (30.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 9 13/16 × 12 5/8in. (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
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 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

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Thomas Hart Benton
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