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Edge of Town

Artist Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1938
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (22.54 × 27.31 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert M. White II in honor of his father, L. Mitchell White
Object numberF97-2/9
Signedplate lower left, pencil lower right margin
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DescriptionBirds-eye view of a curving road. Perpendicular to the road, in the center of the image, is a cart drawn by two mules. To the right is a building. On the left, in the foreground, is the edge of a building and in the center of the image, two figures wave to a train in the distance.Provenance
Associated American Artists
Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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