Thomas Hart Benton

Dock Scene

1928

Dock workers load cargo onto a steamship using cranes and planks while smoke rises.
Dock workers load cargo onto a steamship using cranes and planks while smoke rises.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1928

Classification
Drawings

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

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

Accession number
31.490

Credit line
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/5240



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