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Untitled (Study for "Achelous and Hercules" Mural)
Untitled (Study for "Achelous and Hercules" Mural)

Untitled (Study for "Achelous and Hercules" Mural)

Artist Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1946
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 17 x 23 1/2 inches (43.18 x 59.69 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard Dale Rees in memory of his beloved wife Janet Lee Rees
Object number2010.67.3
Signedl.r.: Benton 46
On View
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DescriptionSeven preliminary figure studies on single sheet focused on musculature of shirtless male torso, shoulders, arms, and hands seen from behind for Achelous and Hercules mural (1947).Exhibition History
Provenance

Thomas Hart Benton;

Patricia George (fashion illustrator for Harzfeld's), Kansas City, Missouri, after 1949;

To estate of Patricia George, December 2009;

To Richard Rees, Overland Park, Kansas, December 2010 (Dirk Soulis Auctions, Lone Jack, MO, December 2010, lot 92);

To NAMA, December 2010.

Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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