Thomas Hart Benton

Island Hay

1945

Two men use scythes to cut tall wheat under a dramatic cloudy sky.
Two men use scythes to cut tall wheat under a dramatic cloudy sky.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1945

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 16 in. (30.4 × 40.6 cm) Image: 9 15/16 × 12 5/8 in. (25.2 × 32.1 cm)

Accession number
2004.711

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/19970



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