Farm Sale with Pop and the Boys
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton
(American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1962
MediumOil on canvasboard
DimensionsUnframed: 16 7/8 × 14 inches (42.86 × 35.56 cm)
Framed: 24 1/8 × 21 1/4 inches (61.28 × 53.98 cm)
Framed: 24 1/8 × 21 1/4 inches (61.28 × 53.98 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Kauffman in commemoration of the 1985 Kansas City Royals Baseball Club's World Series Championship
Object numberF86-48
SignedSigned and dated lower left: Benton / 62
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceTo Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Kauffman;
To NAMA, 1986.
Donald Hoffmann, “Midwest Paintings Could Be from Anywhere,” Kansas City Star, 20 September 1987, 6D; “Benton
Paintings Given to Museum,” Calendar of Events (Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art), October 1987, unpaginated; Kansas City Remembers: Thomas Hart Benton, 1889–1975, exh. cat. (Kansas City,
Mo.: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1989), unpaginated
(as Farm Sale with “Pop” and the Boys); Henry Adams, Thomas
Hart Benton: Drawing from Life, exh. cat. (New York: Abbeville
Press, 1990), 179; NAMA 1991, 200; Under the Influence: The Students of Thomas Hart Benton, exh. cat. (St. Joseph, Mo.: Albrecht-
Kemper Museum of Art, 1993), 48; Randall R. Griffey, “Bingham
to Benton: The Midwest as Muse,” American Art Review 17 (April
2005), 98–99.
Paintings Given to Museum,” Calendar of Events (Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art), October 1987, unpaginated; Kansas City Remembers: Thomas Hart Benton, 1889–1975, exh. cat. (Kansas City,
Mo.: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1989), unpaginated
(as Farm Sale with “Pop” and the Boys); Henry Adams, Thomas
Hart Benton: Drawing from Life, exh. cat. (New York: Abbeville
Press, 1990), 179; NAMA 1991, 200; Under the Influence: The Students of Thomas Hart Benton, exh. cat. (St. Joseph, Mo.: Albrecht-
Kemper Museum of Art, 1993), 48; Randall R. Griffey, “Bingham
to Benton: The Midwest as Muse,” American Art Review 17 (April
2005), 98–99.
Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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