Thomas Hart Benton

Martha's Vineyard
1925

A painting depicting a stylized rural landscape with a white house in the center, surrounded by undulating hills and trees in earthy tones. A prominent telephone pole stands to the right of the house, extending upwards towards a cloudy sky. The scene is rendered with expressive, swirling brushstrokes that give a sense of movement and distortion to the natural forms.

A painting depicting a stylized rural landscape with a white house in the center, surrounded by undulating hills and trees in earthy tones. A prominent telephone pole stands to the right of the house, extending upwards towards a cloudy sky. The scene is rendered with expressive, swirling brushstrokes that give a sense of movement and distortion to the natural forms.

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Date
1925

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 15 3/4 × 20in. (40 × 50.8 cm)

Accession number
31.99

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

API
artworks/465

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Thomas Hart Benton
32 works in the collection

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