Thomas Hart Benton

Dock Scene
1928

A sepia-toned ink drawing depicting a bustling industrial river port scene with smokestacks, a steamboat, and workers engaged in various activities. Cranes and cargo, along with a small rowboat and buildings, complete the composition, conveying a sense of early 20th-century industry.

A sepia-toned ink drawing depicting a bustling industrial river port scene with smokestacks, a steamboat, and workers engaged in various activities. Cranes and cargo, along with a small rowboat and buildings, complete the composition, conveying a sense of early 20th-century industry.

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Date
1928

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink, wash, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 7/8in. (26.4 × 37.8 cm)

Accession number
31.490

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

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Thomas Hart Benton
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