Thomas Hart Benton

Investigation
1937

A black and white illustration depicting three individuals in a canoe in front of a wooden building with a sign that reads "Boat for Hire." The setting appears to be a flooded area, with another submerged building in the background and a barren tree nearby. The style is reminiscent of a mid-20th-century comic or editorial cartoon.
A black and white illustration depicting three individuals in a canoe in front of a wooden building with a sign that reads "Boat for Hire." The setting appears to be a flooded area, with another submerged building in the background and a barren tree nearby. The style is reminiscent of a mid-20th-century comic or editorial cartoon.

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Date
1937

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 15/16 × 16 1/4in. (30.3 × 41.3 cm) Image: 9 1/4 × 12 1/2in. (23.5 × 31.8 cm)

Accession number
72.71

Edition
Ed. 193

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Arthur G. Altschul

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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