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Thomas Hart Benton 1889 - 1975
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Thomas Hart Benton
- The Brothers
- signed Benton and dated 54, l.l.
- oil and tempera on canvas mounted to panel
- 11 by 14 1/2 in.
- (27.9 by 36.8 cm)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rose, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1954 (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1967
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1967
Literature
Matthew Baigell, Thomas Hart Benton, New York, 1973, pl. 191, illustrated
Catalogue Note
From 1918 to 1974 Thomas Hart Benton summered on Martha's Vineyard and frequently executed compositions celebrating numerous aspects of island life. In the artist's words, "'The Brothers' was made at Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, Mass where the cats were born and where they had their finest adventures in the woods adjacent to our summer home."