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2025 Winter Fine Art & Antiques (Day 1 of 2)

Sat, Jan 25, 2025 09:00AM EST
Lot 144

Thomas Hart Benton Signed Lithograph, Island Hay

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,400
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Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) regionalist lithograph entitled Island Hay, with three farmers in a field by a body of water on Martha’s Vineyard, with a barn in the distance at right, 1945. Two of the men cut hay while the third, in the foreground, kneels with scythe in hand and sips water from a dipper. Signed in the plate, lower left, and signed in pencil, lower right margin. From the edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists. Ref.: Fath 68. Unframed. 12” H x 15 15/16” W. Note: “[Island Hay] is one of the last of over 80 lithographs the artist drew between 1929 and 1945, working summers at the family house on Martha’s Vineyard.” (Source: Graphic Arts Collections, Special Collections, Firestone Library, Princeton University)
 

Condition

Overall very good condition, with  margins. Dog-ear creases to upper left and lower left corners, 1 1/4” L and 1/2” L. With a minor group of indentations to center left margin, 1/2” x 1/4” area, and tape remnants to upper corners plus sticker affixed to verso. Negligible marginal foxing.

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