The Hunter
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton
(American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1941
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 7 1/4 inches (27.94 × 18.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert M. White II in honor of his father, L. Mitchell White
Object numberF97-2/14
Signedplate lower right
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DescriptionIsolated image of a man standing on a small mound. In his right hand is a shotgun, and he wears a hat. At his side is his dog, standing in a small clump of vegetation.Gallery LabelIn 1941, Twentieth Century Fox commissioned Benton to create lithographs based on Vereen Bell’s novel, Swamp Water, which the studio was bringing to the silver screen. With a background devoid of any of Benton’s signature swelling clouds or rolling terrain, this lithograph focuses on young Ben Ragan, the novel and film’s protagonist, and his hound. The Hunter is one of six Benton prints that publicized the film, set in the Okefenokee Swamp, which became an immediate sensation in the South.
Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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