Instruction
Thomas hart benton lithograph
Edition Size:
Limited edition of 250
Published By:
Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City.
Year:
1940
Sheet Size:
12 5/16″ x 10 7/16″
Signature:
Pencil signed in the lower margin.
Literature:
The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton by Creekmore Fath. (Fath #41)
Instruction Lithograph Value:
Instruction has sold between $1,200 and $4,400 at auction in recent years, with an average selling price of $2,400. If you own a lithograph edition of Instruction, you can explore selling it here.
“A painting of this was made in 1940 directly from life. One of my students at the K.C. Art Institute found the man selling snake medicine in the pool halls of 15th Street in downtown K.C. He caught rattle snakes and let them rot and ferment in gallon jars and sold the result as an aphrodisiac. He was also a preacher and conducted a Sunday school class. This picture shows him telling about the Bible. The painting is in the Louvre Collection, Great Neck N.Y.”
-Thomas Hart Benton
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