THOMAS HART BENTON | STUDY FROM NATURE (STUDY FOR 'THE WHITE HORSE BY THE GATE')

Property from the Collection of Senator William Benton, Sold by the Estate of Helen Boley
THOMAS HART BENTON
1889 - 1975
STUDY FROM NATURE (STUDY FOR 'THE WHITE HORSE BY THE GATE')

signed Benton and dated 55 (lower right)
tempera en grisaille on paper
14 ½ by 21 ¾ inches
(36.8 by 55.2 cm)

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.

Condition Report:
The sheet is hinged to its support at the reverse upper corners and there appear to be remnants from a former mounting on the verso. There are artist's pinholes at corners and extreme edges and minor specks of loss in the sky with a 1/4-inch tear along the lower edge of the sheet. There is a slight distortion to the sheet that is inherent to the artist's materials.

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Provenance:
Senator William Benton, New York and Southport, Connecticut, by 1970

Helen Boley, Madison, Wisconsin, 1973 (his daughter, by descent)