Thomas Hart Benton ARTWORK – PAINTINGS/LITHOGRAPHS
Lithographs
The following is a list of the lithographs produced by Thomas Hart Benton. For information please refer to the complete catalog The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton compiled and edited by Creekmore Fath.
The Station
The Station 1929, Lithograph, Edition of 110 5 7/8 (H) x 6 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Delphic Studios, New York City Catalogue: FATH 1
Historical Composition
1929, Lithograph, Two proofs 15 13/16 (H) x 11 1/2 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 2
Construction
1929, Lithograph, Two proofs 22 1/8 (H) x 14 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 3
Strike (Mine Strike)
1933, Lithograph, Edition of 300 9 1/4 (H) x 10 13/16 (W) inches Circulated by Contemporary Print Group, New York City Catalogue: FATH 5
Going West (Express Train)
1934, Lithograph, Edition of 75 11 1/2 (H) x 22 1/2 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 6
Minstrel Show
1934, Lithograph, Edition of 100 8 15/16 (H) x 11 5/8 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 7
The Woodpile (Wood Cutter)
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 250 8 3/4 (H) x 10 7/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 31
White Calf
1945, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 3/4 (H) x 13 1/4 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 67
Waiting for the Revolution
1934, Lithograph, Edition of 10 4 (H) x 7 9/16 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 9
Tom Keefer (Man)
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 100 9 (H) x 7 1/2 (W) inches Part of the Swamp Water series Catalogue: FATH 51
Tom Joad
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 25 9 1/2 (H) x 6 3/4(W) inches Part of The Grapes of Wrath series Catalogue: FATH 38
Thursday Ragan
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 25 8 (H) x 8 (W) inches Part of the Swamp Water series Catalogue: FATH 52
Threshing
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 1/4 (H) x 14 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 48
Sunset
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 204 10 (H) x 13 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 43
Swampland (The Swamp)
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 100 17 3/4 (H) x 12 3/4 (W) inches Part of the Swamp Water series Catalogue: FATH 49
Wreck of the Ol’ 97
1944, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 1/4 (H) x 15 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 63
The Meeting
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 250 8 7/8 (H) x 11 1/2 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 47
The Race (Homeward Bound)
1942, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 15/16 (H) x 13 3/16 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 56
Sunday Morning
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 5/8 (H) x 12 3/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 26
Spring Tryout
1943, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 1/2 (H) x 13 5/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 61
Slow Train Through Arkansas
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 12 3/4 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 46
Sharon Joad
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 25 7 1/2 (H) x 6 (W) inches Part of The Grapes of Wrath series Catalogue: FATH 37
Planting (Spring Plowing)
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 12 1/2 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 28
Plowing it Under
1934, Lithograph, Edition of 250 8 (H) x 13 3/8 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 8
The Poet
1938, Lithograph, Edition of 75 8 7/8 (H) x 12 3/8 (W) inches Circulated by the artist Catalogue: FATH 24
Prodigal Son
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 13 1/4 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 29
Rainy Day
1938, Lithograph, Edition of 250 8 3/4 (H) x 13 3/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 23
Shallow Creek
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 250 14 1/4 (H) x 9 5/16 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 32
Old Man Reading
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 12 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 44
Pa Joad
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 25 9 1/2 (H) x 7 (W) inches Part of The Grapes of Wrath series Catalogue: FATH 36
Ma Joad
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 25 6 3/4 (H) x 6 3/4 (W) inches Part of The Grapes of Wrath series Catalogue: FATH 35
Missouri Farmyard (Kansas Farmyard)
1936, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 1/8 (H) x 16 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Part of the Missouri State Capitol Mural series Catalogue: FATH 10
The Music Lesson
1943, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 1/8 (H) x 12 1/2 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 60
Nebraska Evening (Arkansas Evening)
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 13 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 45
Night Firing (Tobacco Firing)
1943, Lithograph, Edition of 250 8 3/4 (H) x 13 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 57
Lonesome Road
1938, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 3/4 (H) x 12 1/2 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 18
Loading Corn (Shucking Corn)
1945, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 1/4 (H) x 13 1/4 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 65
Letter from Overseas
1943, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 5/8 (H) x 13 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 59
Julie Gordon
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 25 9 (H) x 8 5/16 (W) inches Part of the Swamp Water series Catalogue: FATH 54
Jessie Wick
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 259 7/8 (H) x 6 1/8 (W) inches Part of the Swamp Water series Catalogue: FATH 53
Jessie and Jake
1942, Lithograph, Edition of 250 13 3/8 (H) x 7 7/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 55
Jesse James
1936, Lithograph, Edition of 100 16 3/8 (H) x 22 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Part of the Missouri State Capitol Mural series Catalogue: FATH 13
Island Hay
1945, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 12 5/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 68
Investigation
1937, Lithograph, Edition of 193 9 3/8 (H) x 12 5/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 17
Instruction
1940, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 7/16 (H) x 12 5/16 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 41
Huck Finn
1936, Lithograph, Edition of 100 16 1/4 (H) x 21 5/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Part of the Missouri State Capitol Mural series Catalogue: FATH 12
Homestead (In the Ozarks)
1938, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 (H) x 13 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 20
Haystack
1938, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 3/8 (H) x 12 7/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 21
Goin’ Home
1937, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 3/8 (H) x 12 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 14
Edge of Town
1938, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 (H) x 10 3/4 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 22
The Farmer’s Daughter
1944, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 7/8 (H) x 13 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 62
The Fence Mender
1940, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 14 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 40
Fire in the Barnyard
1944, Lithograph, Edition of 250 8 3/4 (H) x 13 3/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 64
Flood
1937, Lithograph, Edition of 196 9 1/4 (H) x 12 1/4 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 16
Frankie and Johnnie
1936, Lithograph, Edition of 100 16 3/8 (H) x 22 1/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Part of the Missouri State Capitol Mural series Catalogue: FATH 11
Frisky Day
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 250 7 13/16 (H) x 12 1/16 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 30
A Drink of Water
1937, Lithograph, Edition of 250 10 (H) x 14 1/4 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 15
Sunday Morning
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 5/8 (H) x 12 3/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 26
Coming ‘Round the Mountain
1931, Lithograph, Edition of 75 11 1/8 (H) x 8 3/8 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 4
Casy (The Reverend Jim Casy)
1939, Lithograph, Edition of 25 8 1/4 (H) x 4 1/2(W) inches Part of The Grapes of Wrath series Catalogue: FATH 39
Ben Ragan and Trouble (The Hunter, Man and Dog)
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 100 11 (H) x 7 1/4 (W) inches Part of the Swamp Water series Catalogue: FATH 50
Back from the Fields
1945, Lithograph, Edition of 250 9 3/16 (H) x 12 7/8 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 66
Approaching Storm (Noon)
1938, Lithograph, Edition of 200 9 3/4 (H) x 12 7/8 (W) inches Catalogue: FATH 25
Aaron
1941, Lithograph, Edition of 250 12 7/8 (H) x 9 7/16 (W) inches Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City Catalogue: FATH 42
Drawings
Harbor Scene
1918, Watercolor
10 (H) x 15 (W) inches
Signed lower left “Benton”
Three Rivers South
Illustrations for Virginia S. Eifert’s ‘Three Rivers South’
c. 1953, Ink and ink wash
Whitney Museum Mural Studies
The Arts of Life in America: Whitney Museum Mural Studies
Paintings
Ploughing it Under
1934, Oil on linen
20 1/8 (H) x 24 7/16 (W) inches
Signed lower right “Benton”
Strike
1933, Double-sided oil on tin
15 3/8 (H) x 13 1/4 (W) inches
Signed lower left “Benton”
Waiting on verso, Oil on canvas on tin, 8 x 7 1/2 inches
Annotated “Pittsburgh Strike by Thom Benton”
Murals
Thomas Hart Benton established his reputation in the 1930s with five mural projects that changed the face of American Art and provided the principle artistic models for the Work Projects Administration (WPA) mural program. On the strength of these projects, Benton quickly became one of the most famous and controversial artists in America. He was even featured on the cover of Time in 1934, the first time this honor had been awarded to an artist. Today Benton remains a lightning rod for argument and diversity of opinion, whether for his activities as the leader of the Regionalist movement, or for his role as the teacher and mentor of Jackson Pollock. – Dr. Henry Adams
