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Thomas Hart Benton

Artwork Details

Investigation
1937
Thomas Hart Benton
lithograph on paper
18 3/4 in x 20 15/16 in x 1 1/8 in (47.63 cm x 53.18 cm x 2.86 cm);18 3/4 in x 20 15/16 in x 1 1/8 in (47.63 cm x 53.18 cm x 2.86 cm)
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
2008/2.355

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Description

Subject Matter:

In 1937 Benton was commissioned by The Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspapers to sketch scenes in the Missouri Bootheel region of the Ohio River Flood of 1937. This scene shows three figures approaching a flooded store in a row boat, possibly looking for supplies or survivors. 

Physical Description:

In this print, three figures in a row boat approach a flooded store.

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