Lot Details
Lot 1038
Thomas Hart Benton
American, 1889-1975
Study for "Minstrel Show", circa 1934
Signed Benton (lr)
Ink and sepia wash on paper
9 x 11 3/4 inches (22.9 x 30 cm)
This work appears to be a study for the painting "Minstrel Show" that hangs in the Nelson-Akins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. That painting bears an inscripion on the reverse that reads The picture was painted in 1934 from a drawing made of the scene in the West Virginia mountains (see "Artist in America"). The painting was done on gesso (masonite ground) with egg tempera and glazed with oil paint. It has been widely exhibited and has suffered damage several times. A final cleaning and restoration has been made, by my hand, in Feb. '64. Benton
We wish to thank Andrew Thompson and Dr. Henry Adams for their assistance cataloguing this lot.
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