LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and tempera on canvas mounted on plywood (original)

Measurements:

25.47 in. (64.70 cm.) (height) by 36.50 in. (92.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Benton and dated 51, l.r.

Literature:

"Thomas Hart Benton in Omaha... An American Artist Has One of His Best Shows," Newsweek, December 3, 1951; "Havoc Stirs an Artist," The Kansas City Star, October 14, 1952; "An Artist Hits at Lagging Flood Relief," The Kansas City Star, October 14, 1951; "Artist Asking Congress to Aid Flood Victims," The New York Times, October 15, 1951; "The Representative Picks Up Some Valuable Trash," The Kansas City Star, October 19, 1951; "A Congressman Speaks (and Tosses the Benton Lithographs into the Wastebasket)," The Kansas City Star, October 22, 1951; "Some Kept Benton Pictures," The Kansas City Star, October 23, 1951; "Homecoming - Kaw Valley: Famous Artist's Appeal to Congress for Aid to Flood-Stricken Families," The Kansas City Star, 1951, illustrated; "Benton Lithograph Goes to Each Congressman," Vineyard Gazette, October 26, 1951; "His Drawing of Flood Ruins Accompanies a Magazine Item," The Kansas City Star, November 20, 1951; Thomas Hart Benton, "Disaster on the Kaw," The New Republic, vol. 125, no. 19, November 19, 1951, pl. 9, 10, 11, also illustrated on the cover; "Art Was Sold By Auction," The Kansas City Star, November 27, 1951; "Thomas Hart Benton in Omaha," Newsweek, December 3, 1951, p. 56, illustrated p. 57; Matthew Baigell, Thomas Hart Benton, New York, 1973, pl. 187, illustrated in color p. 228

Provenance:

Collection or Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sosland, Shawnee, Kansas; (Constable Gallery, Missouri); Graham Gallery, New York, until circa 1988 (acquired from the above); (Joan Michelman, New York); Ed Cantor, Palm Beach, Florida; (Gasiunasen Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida); Acquired by the present owners from the above