Thomas Hart Benton lithographs for sale

American, 1889-1975

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A Drink of Water -  BENTON

A Drink of Water
Lithograph, 1937, Fath 15, edition 250. 10 x 14 1/4 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This early work was based on a drawing done in the Ozarks. A painting of this subject also exists.
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Arkansas Evening (Nebraska Evening) -  BENTON

Arkansas Evening (Nebraska Evening)
Lithograph, 1941, Fath 45, edition 250. 10 x 13 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. The original AAA label accompanies this impression and it lists the title as "Arkansas Evening." A similar painting called "Nebraska Evening" was made in 1940.
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Cradling Wheat -  BENTON

Cradling Wheat
Lithograph, 1939, Fath 27, edition 250. 9 1/2 x 12 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. (This print came in the original AAA mat and the original hinges are still present.) The lithograph was done after a painting which is now in the St. Louis Art Museum. The scene depicted is the hill country of east Tennessee.
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Down the River -  BENTON

Down the River
Lithograph, 1938, Fath 33, edition 250. 12 1/2 x 9 15/16 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine and the print came with the original AAA mat and label. The scene depicted is somewhere along the White River in the Ozarks. This print is also called the Young Fisherman.
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Edge of Town -  BENTON

Edge of Town
Lithograph, 1938, Fath 22, edition 250. 9 x 10 3/4 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil lower right. A fine impression in fine condition with full margins.
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Frisky Day -  BENTON

Frisky Day
Lithograph, 1939, Fath 30, edition 250. 7 3/4 x 12 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full with a deckle edge on all sides. The scene depicted is south Missouri in the springtime. A painting exists of the same subject.
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Gateside Conversation -  BENTON

Gateside Conversation
Lithograph, 1946, Fath 69, AAA 753; edition 250. 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. A painting of this subject was made prior to the lithograph.
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Haystack -  BENTON

Haystack
Lithograph, 1938, Fath 21, edition 250. 10 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The print came in the AAA mat and the original hinges are still at the top corners. The print was based on a drawing from 1928 and the subject is a North Carolina hill farm.
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I Got a Gal on Sourwood Mountain -  BENTON

I Got a Gal on Sourwood Mountain
Lithograph, 1938, Fath 19, edition 250. 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. this is a fine impression with a GCM watermark. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This delightful lithograph relates to an oil painting called "Country Dance".
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Island Hay -  BENTON

Island Hay
Lithograph, 1945, Fath 68, edition 250. 10 x 12 5/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The scene depicted is on Martha's Vineyard, MA. This engaging print relates to a painting as well as a drawing, the latter produced during the 1920s.
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Lonesome Road -  BENTON

Lonesome Road
Lithograph, 1938, Fath 18, edition 250. 9 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil, lower right. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. This print was based on a painting done in 1927. In addition, there's a related drawing which Benton drew from a train window while he was traveling in Nebraska.
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Missouri Farmyard -  BENTON

Missouri Farmyard
Lithograph, 1936, Fath 10, edition 250. 10 1/4 x 16 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil just below. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This outstanding print relates to a section of the Missouri State Capitol Mural Series in Jefferson City.
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New England Farm -  BENTON

New England Farm
Lithograph, 1951, Fath 172, edition 300. 9 x 13 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression in very good condition. Full margins. Remains of old tape stains at corners of sheet, verso, and along the bottom edge, verso. The scene depicted here by Benton is on Martha's Vineyard, MA.
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Night Firing -  BENTON

Night Firing
Lithograph, 1943, Fath 57, edition 250. 8 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower left corner. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression with wide margins. The condition is fine other than for extremely faint toning from an early mat opening. Related to a drawing and painting, this dramatic night scene depicts a North Carolina subject. The shed is where tobacco is dried.
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Old Man Reading -  BENTON

Old Man Reading
Lithograph, 1941 , Fath 44, edition 250. 10 x 12 1/8 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent.
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Planting -  BENTON

Planting
Lithograph, 1939, Fath 28, edition 250. 9 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. (This print came in the original AAA mat with the original hinges at the top corners.) The print is based on a drawing from 1938 done in southern Arkansas.
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Prayer Meeting -  BENTON

Prayer Meeting
Lithograph, 1949, Fath 73; edition 300. 9 x 12 3/8 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This print was a study for a painting called "Wednesday Evening". The painting is in Springfield, Missouri at the Museum of Fine Arts. This is an uncommon print.
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Self Portrait -  BENTON

Self Portrait
Lithograph, 1972, Fath 84, edition 300. 19 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this large work. The margins are full and the condition is excellent.
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Shallow Creek -  BENTON

Shallow Creek
Lithograph, 1939, Fath 32, edition 250. 14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The small, original hinges are at the top corners and we have the AAA label which came with the print as issued.
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Sunday Morning -  BENTON

Sunday Morning
Lithograph, 1939, Fath 26, edition 250. 9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. Here we have a superb impression printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are untrimmed apart from a minor paper loss(?)to the lower left edge of the sheet. (This is quite possibly the full sheet as printed.) This beautiful print was based on a drawing done in 1938.
$3,600

The Boy -  BENTON

The Boy
Lithograph, 1948, Fath 72, edition 250. 9 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are wide. This endearing print depicts an Ozark boy on his way to school or to find work. A painting exists of the same subject.
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The Corral -  BENTON

The Corral
Lithograph, 1948, Fath 71, edition 250. 9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are wide. The scene depicted was in western Nebraska. A painting of this subject done in tempera on paper exists.
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The Corral -  BENTON

The Corral
Lithograph, 1948, Fath 71, edition 250. 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. Initialed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with wide margins. The condition is fine apart from the two original AAA hinges at the top corners of the sheet, recto. There's an oil (whereabouts unknown) and Benton also produced a few drawings relating to this outstanding subject in 1939. The scene is western Nebraska.
$4,200

The Farmer's Daughter -  BENTON

The Farmer's Daughter
Lithograph, 1944, Fath 62, edition 250. 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. Here we have a fine impression in fine, untouched condition. The margins are full. (The original AAA hinges still remain at the top corners.) This lovely work depicts a scene in northwest Missouri. A drawing dates from 1940 and a painting also preceded the lithograph.
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The Meeting -  BENTON

The Meeting
Lithograph, 1941, Fath 47, edition 250. 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins are full. (There is minor adhesive residue at top edge of sheet, barely discernible.) The print is based on a 1928 drawing. The scene is a meetinghouse in West Virginia.
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The Woodpile -  BENTON

The Woodpile
Lithograph, 1939, Fath 31, edition 250. 8 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins have been trimmed to about 1" on all sides. This appealing work relates to a painting and the scene depicted is somewhere in Missouri. This is the only winter scene depicted among Benton's many lithographs.
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The Woodpile (also titled Wood Cutter) -  BENTON

The Woodpile (also titled Wood Cutter)
Lithograph, 1939, Fath 31, edition 250. 8 3/4 x 11 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on white wove paper bearing a RIVES watermark. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Depicted here is a Missouri farmyard and the print was a study for a small painting.
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Threshing -  BENTON

Threshing
Lithograph, 1941, Fath 48, edition 250. 9 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are excellent with a deckle edge showing on the top and bottom and they are 1 1/2 inches on the sides. This important print relates to several preparatory drawings and the painting is now located in the Swope Art Museum in Indiana. Other Benton lithographs are currently available and we invite your inquiry.
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West Texas -  BENTON

West Texas
Lithograph, 1952, Fath 77, edition 300. 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. Signed and dated on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on white wove paper. The margins are wide and probably full and the condition is excellent. This scene depicts the Texas panhandle and it's the only print of Texas done by Benton. This exceptional work was based on a drawing from 1944 and was commissioned and circulated by Southern Methodist University.
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White Calf -  BENTON

White Calf
Lithograph, 1945, Fath 67, edition 250. 10 x 12 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with wide margins. The condition is excellent. This work was done at Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard. Impressions of this print are located at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the National Gallery of Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, among others.
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