Untitled (Study for "Achelous and Hercules" Mural)
Primary Titleverso: Untitled (Study for "Achelous and Hercule"s Mural)
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton
(American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1946
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (42.55 x 34.93 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard Dale Rees in memory of his beloved wife Janet Lee Rees
Object number2010.67.1.A,B
Signedl.c.: Benton 46
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionRecto: Six preliminary figure studies on single sheet depicting shirtless male from behind, legs, arms, and hands for Achelous and Hercules mural (1947) Verso: Figural study of shirtless man from behind scribbled out with study of upside-down foot belowExhibition HistoryProvenance
Thomas Hart Benton;
Patricia George (fashion illustrator for Harzfeld's), Kansas City, Missouri, after 1949;
To estate of Patricia George, December 2009;
To Richard Rees, Overland Park, Kansas, December 2010 (Dirk Soulis Auctions, Lone Jack, MO, December 2010, lot 92);
To NAMA, December 2010.
Copyright© Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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Thomas Hart Benton
1946
2010.67.4.A,B
