Letter from Overseas
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton
(American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1943
MediumLithograph on cream wove paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 13 1/8 inches (24.13 × 33.34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert M. White II in honor of his father, L. Mitchell White
Object numberF97-2/18
Signedplate lower right, pencil lower right margin
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionIn the center of the image, a woman sits by an open mailbox with a lantern and reads a letter. In the background a mailman delivers mail down the road.ProvenanceCopyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Thomas Hart Benton
ca. 1940
R91-9/2 A-D
