Thomas Hart Benton

Express Train
c. 1927

A black and white illustration of a steam locomotive moving at high speed on railway tracks, with smoke billowing from its stack. The train is angled as if coming out of the frame towards the viewer, and there are telegraph poles alongside the tracks that appear to be leaning due to the train's motion. The image has a dynamic, almost surreal quality, emphasizing motion and energy.

A black and white illustration of a steam locomotive moving at high speed on railway tracks, with smoke billowing from its stack. The train is angled as if coming out of the frame towards the viewer, and there are telegraph poles alongside the tracks that appear to be leaning due to the train's motion. The image has a dynamic, almost surreal quality, emphasizing motion and energy.

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Date
c. 1927

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 29 5/8in. (47 × 75.2 cm) Image: 12 1/4 × 23 3/8in. (31.1 × 59.4 cm)

Accession number
31.604

Edition
19/50

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

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

API
artworks/3578

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