Swann Galleries - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings - Sale 2422, September 22, 2016

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225 ● THOMAS HART BENTON
Aaron .
Lithograph, 1941. 328x242 mm; 12 7/8 x91/2 inches, full margins. Edition of 250. Signed in
pencil, lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. A very good,
well-inked impression with strong contrasts. Fath 42. [1,500/2,500]
226 THOMAS HART BENTON
Slow Train through Arkansas.
Lithograph, 1941. 255x326 mm; 10x123/4 inches, wide margins. Edition of 250. Signed in
pencil, lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. A superb
impression with strong contrasts. Fath 46. [5,000/8,000]
227 ● THOMAS HART BENTON
Island Hay.
Lithograph, 1945. 255x322 mm; 10x125/8 inches,wide margins. Edition of 250. Signed in pencil,
lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, NewYork.A superb, dark impression.
As the title references, this lithograph represents a farming scene on Martha’s Vineyard,
where the small, uneven, rock-impeded fields were still cut with scythes.The lithograph
is based on a drawing and painting of the same subject that Benton made in the mid-
1920s. Fath 68. [2,000/3,000]
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