Thomas Hart Benton

Portrait of J. T. Morton
1928

Illustration of a profile view of an elderly man with pronounced facial features wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The artwork is done in a sketchy style with ink and watercolor on a beige paper, and there is handwriting at the bottom identifying the subject and location.
Illustration of a profile view of an elderly man with pronounced facial features wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The artwork is done in a sketchy style with ink and watercolor on a beige paper, and there is handwriting at the bottom identifying the subject and location.

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Date
1928

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink, wash, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 13/16in. (29.8 × 22.4 cm)

Accession number
31.494

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

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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