Thomas Hart Benton

Rainy Day
1938

A black and white etching depicting a rural scene with two houses and a leafless tree. In the foreground, a wooden fence borders a rolling field. A stag stands on its hind legs near the center, with dark, dramatic clouds filling the sky above.

A black and white etching depicting a rural scene with two houses and a leafless tree. In the foreground, a wooden fence borders a rolling field. A stag stands on its hind legs near the center, with dark, dramatic clouds filling the sky above.

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Date
1938

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 15/16in. (30.2 × 40.5 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 13 3/8in. (22.2 × 34 cm)

Accession number
72.72

Edition
Ed. 250

Publication
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

API
artworks/3584

Exhibitions

Real/Surreal

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

Thomas Hart Benton
32 works in the collection

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