Details
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
Carnation
signed and dated 'Benton/-1919-' (lower right)--signed again and inscribed 'Painted in Spring of/1919. (This sketch on back/indicates time)' (on the reverse)
watercolor and pencil on paper
image, 9¼ x 7¾ in. (23.5 x 19.7 cm.);
sheet, 10 x 9⅜ in. (25.4 x 23.8 cm.)
Executed in 1919.
Provenance
The artist.
Laura Wise Bush, Waxahachie, Texas, aunt of the above.
William N. Bush, Burbank, California, son of the above.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. Baigell, Thomas Hart Benton, New York, 1974, p. 50, pl. 26, illustrated.
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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Thomas Hart Benton catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Jessie Benton, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson and Michael Owen.

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