Artist Monograph

Thomas Hart Benton, American

American, 1889–1975

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	6	75%
Watercolor	1	12.5%
Oil Painting	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	87.5%
Painting & Sculpture	1	12.5%

Production by Decade

1

1920s

4

1930s

3

1940s

Classification Types

Print — 6
Drawing — 1
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	12.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	87.5%

Range: 27.5 cm → 86.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1938	1
1940	1
1953	1
1968	1
1979	1
1986	1
1988	2

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 521" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study for Homestead Drawing Acc. 1537.1968	1928-1930	Watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper	9 1/8 x 11 7/8" (23.1 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Alan Chidsey
Homestead Painting Acc. 6.1938	1934	Tempera and oil on board	25 x 34" (63.5 x 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Marshall Field (by exchange)
Mine Strike from The American Scene, no. 2 Print Acc. 648.1940.1	1936	One from a portfolio of six lithographs	composition: 9 13/16 × 10 13/16" (24.9 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 1/2" (40 × 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Homestead Print Acc. 34.1953	1938	Lithograph	composition: 10 3/16 × 13 1/8" (25.9 × 33.4 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 13/16" (29.9 × 40.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Frisky Day Print Acc. 1052.1979	(1939)	Lithograph	Composition: 7 13/16 x 12 1/16" (19.9 x 30.7 cm) Sheet: 12 x 16 1/8" (30.5 x 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathleen L. Westin
Spring Tryout Print Acc. 2.1988	(1943)	Lithograph	composition 9 3/8 x 13 9/16" (23.8 x 34.5 cm) sheet 11 1/4 x 15 1/2" (28 x 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of W. J. Cole
Island Hay Print Acc. 295.1986	(1945)	Lithograph	sl. irreg composition 9 15/16 x 12 5/8" (25.3 x 32.1 cm) sheet 12 1/16 x 16 1/16" (30.6 x 40.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. Robert G. Berry and Mrs. Christiane Laus Berry (through the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books)
Loading Corn Print Acc. 3.1988	(1945)	Lithograph	composition: 9 1/2 × 12 13/16" (24.2 × 32.5 cm); sheet: 11 1/2 × 14 3/4" (29.2 × 37.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of W. J. Cole