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Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton

American, 1889–1975

WA-00026182

PrintmakingStreet ArtRealismSocial Realism

Representation

None documented

19

Institutional Exhibitions

33

Works in Collection

44

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ471764 ULAN500005998

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Views over America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Points of View

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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American Prints: 1913�1963

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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America Seen: Between The Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948–1949

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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945–1946

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

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How Modern Artists Paint People

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942

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American Watercolors; Lettering and Arrangements in Poster Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

Field Verification (5 fields)

3 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/thomas-hart-benton
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/thomas-hart-benton
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/483
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Graph relationships

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Movement

Street Art

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (33)

Self-Portrait

1972 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 49.9 × 35 cm (19 11/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 60.4 × 46 cm (23 13/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1945 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.4 × 32.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.8 × 40.6 cm (11 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Island Hay

1945 · Lithograph on off-white wove paper

Image: 25.5 × 32 cm (10 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 31.3 × 41.2 cm (12 3/8 × 16 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1945 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 24.4 × 32.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 40.2 cm (12 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cotton Pickers

1945 · Oil on canvas

81.3 × 121.9 cm (32 × 48 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1945 · Lithograph

sl. irreg composition 9 15/16 x 12 5/8" (25.3 x 32.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

1943 · Lithograph

composition 9 3/8 x 13 9/16" (23.8 x 34.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Threshing

1941 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.5 × 35 cm (9 5/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 31 × 45 cm (12 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunset

1941 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 25.2 × 33.5 cm (9 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 29.8 × 38.1 cm (11 3/4 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cradling Wheat

1939 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 24.4 × 30.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 35.4 cm (11 7/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Woodpile

1939 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 22 × 27.6 cm (8 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 28.3 × 34.1 cm (11 3/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shallow Creek

1939 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 36 × 24 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 20.4 cm (15 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Departure of the Joads, from The Grapes of Wrath

Departure of the Joads, from The Grapes of Wrath

1939 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 32.7 × 47 cm (12 7/8 × 18 9/16 in.); Sheet: 40.3 × 60.1 cm (15 7/8 × 23 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1939 · Lithograph

Composition: 7 13/16 x 12 1/16" (19.9 x 30.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Approaching Storm

1938 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

I Got a Gal on Sourwood Mountain

1938 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Homestead

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)

Museum of Modern Art

1937 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

1937 · Graphite on paper

11 13/16 × 17 7/8 in. (30 × 45.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

G.O.P. Convention, Cleveland

1936 · pen and brush and black ink and black crayon, with graphite

Image: 35.6 x 51.5 cm (14 x 20 1/4 in.); Sheet: 37.4 x 53.2 cm (14 3/4 x 20 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mine Strike from The American Scene, no. 2

Mine Strike from The American Scene, no. 2

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)

Museum of Modern Art

1934 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Homestead

1934 · Tempera and oil on board

25 x 34" (63.5 x 86.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

33 published of 41 catalogued · 25 with image

Art Institute Chicago
13 published13 img
MoMA
8 publishedof 16 catalogued12 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
The Met
6 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Upper Manhattan
1912 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Approaching Storm
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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I Got a Gal on Sourwood Mountain
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Going West
1934 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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G.O.P. Convention, Cleveland
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Jesse James
1937 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Cotton Pickers (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cotton Pickers (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements3

Street Art Realism Social Realism

Collections3

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Market

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