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The Seneca Discover the French

Artist Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1956-1957
MediumOil on pressboard
DimensionsUnframed: 17 3/16 x 14 1/8 inches (43.66 x 35.88 cm)
Framed: 19 9/16 x 17 1/16 inches (49.69 x 43.34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of the artist
Object numberF75-21/16
SignedSigned lower right: Benton
On View
Not on view
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Provenance

Thomas Hart Benton;

His gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1975.

Published References
Kansas City Remembers: Thomas Hart Benton, 1889–1975, exh.
cat. (Kansas City, Mo.: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1989),
unpaginated; Texas Realism, exh. cat. (Dallas: Meadows Museum,
Southern Methodist University, 1991), unpaginated.
Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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