Thomas Hart Benton

Fire in the Barnyard

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November 15, 01:19 AM GMT

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4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD

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A Modern Eye: Works from a Private New York Collection

Thomas Hart Benton

1889 - 1975

Fire in the Barnyard

signed Benton and dated '44 (lower left)

tempera and oil on Masonite

29 ½ by 45 ¾ in. 74.9 by 116.2 cm.

Executed in 1944.

This work will be included in the forthcoming 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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現代慧眼：紐約私人收藏

托馬斯・哈特・本頓

1889 - 1975年

《火燒農舍庭院》

款識：藝術家簽名 Benton 並紀年 '44（左下）

蛋彩及油彩纖維板

29 ½ x 45 ¾ 英寸；74.9 x 116.2 公分

1944年作

本作將收錄於托馬斯・哈特・本頓基金會正在整理的專題目錄內。

The artist
Associated American Artists, New York
Robert and Carol Straus, Houston
ACA Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner

American Artists Group, Thomas Hart Benton, 1945, n.p., illustrated
Thomas Hart Benton, An American in Art: A Professional and Technical Autobiography, Kansas City, 1969, p. 122, illustrated
Matthew Baigell, Thomas Hart Benton, New York, 1973, pl. 159, illustrated
M The Civilized Man, How Rich is Rich, New York, 1988, p. 64
Henry Adams, Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original, New York, 1989, p. 5

New York, American Federation of the Arts; New York, TIME, Inc.; Canton, Ohio, Canton Art Institute; Seattle, Frye Museum; San Diego, Fine Arts Society of California; Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State College; Dickinson, North Dakota, State Teachers College; Lawrence, Kansas, University of Kansas; Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem Public Library; Atlanta Art Association; Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola Art Center; Chicago, 1020 Art Center, Executive View: Art in the Office, 1957-59
New York, Davis and Long Company, American-English: Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 1977, no. 2, n.p., illustrated