Two Centuries: American Art
Two Centuries: American Art
Thomas Hart Benton
Boy from Georgia
This lot has been withdrawn
Lot Details
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Thomas Hart Benton
1889 - 1975
Boy from Georgia
signed Benton (lower right)
oil on board
board: 20 ¾ by 14 ¾ inches (52.7 by 37.5 cm)
framed: 25 ½ by 19 ¼ inches (64.8 by 48.9 cm)
Painted circa 1928.
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. A letter from Dr. Henry Adams, dated March 2019, accompanies this lot.
Please note this lot has been withdrawn.
Private collection, Hungary
Woodshed Art Auctions, Franklin, Massachusetts, n.d.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale; sold: Christie's, New York, May 22, 2019, lot 73)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Woodshed Art Auctions, Franklin, Massachusetts, n.d.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale; sold: Christie's, New York, May 22, 2019, lot 73)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
According to Dr. Henry Adams, the present work "fits well with Benton's portrait studies of about 1928 . . . the painting is based on a series of sketches of African-American cotton pickers that Benton made in Georgia, probably during his cross-country sketching tour of 1928." He continues, "the brushwork of the painting has a somewhat rough but highly intelligent and purposeful character . . . It has the sweeping quality of rhythmically related forms that are characteristic of Benton's style."