Georges Schreiber

Portrait of Thomas Hart Benton
1945

Oil painting of a pensive man with a pipe in his mouth, seated in a rocking chair, holding a glass of amber liquid. He is wearing a dark blue robe and red undergarment, with a sketch on an easel and a wooden chair in the background.

Oil painting of a pensive man with a pipe in his mouth, seated in a rocking chair, holding a glass of amber liquid. He is wearing a dark blue robe and red undergarment, with a sketch on an easel and a wooden chair in the background.

Not on view

Date
1945

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on burlap

Dimensions
Overall: 24 3/8 × 30 3/16in. (61.9 × 76.7 cm)

Accession number
2009.57

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of anonymous donors

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Georges Schreiber, courtesy D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc.

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Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Georges Schreiber
13 works in the collection

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