Morning Glories
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton
(American, 1889 - 1975)
Dateca. 1943-1945
MediumMixed media on Masonite
DimensionsUnframed: 22 3/4 × 15 5/8 inches (57.79 × 39.69 cm)
Framed: 32 1/4 × 25 inches (81.92 × 63.5 cm)
Framed: 32 1/4 × 25 inches (81.92 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunnicliffe
Object numberF85-30
SignedSigned lower left: Benton.
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceTo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunnicliffe;
To NAMA, 1985.
Edward Alden Jewell, “Paintings on View of Thomas Benton,” New
York Times, late city ed., 9 April 1941, sec. 1, 30; Polly Burroughs,
Thomas Hart Benton: A Portrait (Garden City, N.Y.: Double-
day & Company, 1981), 122 (picture printed sideways); 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, 2–3; Kansas City Remembers: Thomas Hart Benton,
1889–1975, exh. cat. (Kansas City, Mo.: Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, 1989), unpaginated; NAMA 1991, 197; Scott Kerr
and R. H. Dick, An American Art Colony: The Art and Artists of
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1930–1940 (St. Louis: McCaughen &
Burr Press, 2004), 166–67, 181.
York Times, late city ed., 9 April 1941, sec. 1, 30; Polly Burroughs,
Thomas Hart Benton: A Portrait (Garden City, N.Y.: Double-
day & Company, 1981), 122 (picture printed sideways); 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, 2–3; Kansas City Remembers: Thomas Hart Benton,
1889–1975, exh. cat. (Kansas City, Mo.: Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, 1989), unpaginated; NAMA 1991, 197; Scott Kerr
and R. H. Dick, An American Art Colony: The Art and Artists of
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1930–1940 (St. Louis: McCaughen &
Burr Press, 2004), 166–67, 181.
Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Information about a particular artwork or image, including provenance information,
is based upon historic information and may not be currently accurate or complete.
Research on artwork and images is an ongoing process, and the information about a
particular artwork or image may not reflect the most current information available to the Museum.
If you notice a mistake or have additional information about a particular artwork or image,
please e-mail provenance@nelson-atkins.org.
Thomas Hart Benton
1956
F75-21/27
