Trial by Jury
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton
(American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1964
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 30 3/16 × 40 1/8 inches (76.68 × 101.92 cm)
Framed: 41 3/8 × 51 × 2 1/2 inches (105.09 × 129.54 × 6.35 cm)
Framed: 41 3/8 × 51 × 2 1/2 inches (105.09 × 129.54 × 6.35 cm)
Credit LineBequest of the artist
Object numberF75-21/11
SignedSigned lower right: Benton ’64
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceThomas Hart Benton;
His gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1975.
Thomas Hart Benton, An American in Art: A Professional and
Technical Autobiography (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas,
1969), 141; Matthew Baigell, Thomas Hart Benton (New York:
Harry N. Abrams, 1974), 11, 242; Kathleen Patterson, “Nelson
Gallery in Benton Will,” Kansas City Times, 26 February 1975, 1A
(as Damage Suit [Trial by Jury]); “Paintings from the Thomas Hart
Benton Bequest,” Gallery Events (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery
of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts), March 1976, unpaginated; Patricia Ewing Pace, “You’ll Find Some Authentic Ben-
tons . . . Right under Your Very Nose,” Kansas City Star, 27 April
1981, 1–2B; Kimberly Mills, “Judge Hopes to Re-Enact Trial Shown
in Painting,” Kansas City Times, 9 December 1981, B1, B6; Paula
Maynard, “Courtroom Reunion Honors Thomas Hart Benton
Painting,” United Press International (New York), 30 December
1981, clipping, Scrapbook, NAMA Archives; “Courtroom Reunion
Honors Thomas Hart Benton Painting,” Express and News (Kirksville, Mo.), 31 December 1981, 1; Kimberly Mills, “A Case of Life
Imitating Art,” Kansas City Times, 31 December 1981, A1, A4;
[“Thomas Hart Benton Easter Seals Benefit Exhibition”], exh. cat.
(Kansas City, Mo.: United Missouri Bank and Boelte-Hall, Litho,
1981), unpaginated; “Court Painting Comes to Life,” Saginaw
(Mich.) News, 4 January 1982, C7; Karal Ann Marling, Tom Benton and His Drawings: A Biographical Essay and a Collection of
His Sketches, Studies, and Mural Cartoons (Columbia: University
of Missouri Press, 1985), 187, 190–93, 223; Frederick S. Voss, Portraits of the American Law, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National
Portrait Gallery, 1989), frontispiece, 4; NAMA 1991, 201; Maxwell
Bloomfield, “The Warren Court in American Fiction,” Journal of
Supreme Court History 16 (1991), 92; Morris L. Cohen, “Trial by
Jury,” in Law: The Art of Justice (New York: Hugh Lauter Levin
Associates, 1992), 102–3; Joel Samaha, Criminal Law, 4th ed.
(St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, 1992), cover; NYU–
The Law School Magazine 3 (Autumn 1993), cover; “Connecting
with the Jury,” TRIAL 29 (February 1993), 114–15; Kansas City
Counselor, February 1994, cover; Fred Shapiro and Jane Garry,
eds., Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories (New
York: Oxford University Press, 1998), cover; CHANCE: A Magazine of the American Statistical Association 15 (Spring 2002), cover,
1; Joseph B. Kadane, “Anatomy of a Jury Challenge,” CHANCE: A
Magazine of the American Statistical Association 15 (Spring 2002),
10; William Dwyer, In the Hands of the People: The Trial Jury’s
Origins, Triumphs, Troubles, and Future in American Democracy
(New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002), cover.
Technical Autobiography (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas,
1969), 141; Matthew Baigell, Thomas Hart Benton (New York:
Harry N. Abrams, 1974), 11, 242; Kathleen Patterson, “Nelson
Gallery in Benton Will,” Kansas City Times, 26 February 1975, 1A
(as Damage Suit [Trial by Jury]); “Paintings from the Thomas Hart
Benton Bequest,” Gallery Events (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery
of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts), March 1976, unpaginated; Patricia Ewing Pace, “You’ll Find Some Authentic Ben-
tons . . . Right under Your Very Nose,” Kansas City Star, 27 April
1981, 1–2B; Kimberly Mills, “Judge Hopes to Re-Enact Trial Shown
in Painting,” Kansas City Times, 9 December 1981, B1, B6; Paula
Maynard, “Courtroom Reunion Honors Thomas Hart Benton
Painting,” United Press International (New York), 30 December
1981, clipping, Scrapbook, NAMA Archives; “Courtroom Reunion
Honors Thomas Hart Benton Painting,” Express and News (Kirksville, Mo.), 31 December 1981, 1; Kimberly Mills, “A Case of Life
Imitating Art,” Kansas City Times, 31 December 1981, A1, A4;
[“Thomas Hart Benton Easter Seals Benefit Exhibition”], exh. cat.
(Kansas City, Mo.: United Missouri Bank and Boelte-Hall, Litho,
1981), unpaginated; “Court Painting Comes to Life,” Saginaw
(Mich.) News, 4 January 1982, C7; Karal Ann Marling, Tom Benton and His Drawings: A Biographical Essay and a Collection of
His Sketches, Studies, and Mural Cartoons (Columbia: University
of Missouri Press, 1985), 187, 190–93, 223; Frederick S. Voss, Portraits of the American Law, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National
Portrait Gallery, 1989), frontispiece, 4; NAMA 1991, 201; Maxwell
Bloomfield, “The Warren Court in American Fiction,” Journal of
Supreme Court History 16 (1991), 92; Morris L. Cohen, “Trial by
Jury,” in Law: The Art of Justice (New York: Hugh Lauter Levin
Associates, 1992), 102–3; Joel Samaha, Criminal Law, 4th ed.
(St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, 1992), cover; NYU–
The Law School Magazine 3 (Autumn 1993), cover; “Connecting
with the Jury,” TRIAL 29 (February 1993), 114–15; Kansas City
Counselor, February 1994, cover; Fred Shapiro and Jane Garry,
eds., Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories (New
York: Oxford University Press, 1998), cover; CHANCE: A Magazine of the American Statistical Association 15 (Spring 2002), cover,
1; Joseph B. Kadane, “Anatomy of a Jury Challenge,” CHANCE: A
Magazine of the American Statistical Association 15 (Spring 2002),
10; William Dwyer, In the Hands of the People: The Trial Jury’s
Origins, Triumphs, Troubles, and Future in American Democracy
(New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002), cover.
Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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