Thomas Hart Benton
The Race (Homeward Bound)

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Artist Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975)American, 1889–1975

CultureAmerican

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The Race (Homeward Bound)

Date1942

PlaceUnited States

MediumLithograph, edition of 250

DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 13 1/8 in. (22.7 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 15 7/8 in. (28.7 × 40.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment

Object number98.181

Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "The American Scene," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, Texas, from September 6 to November 28, 2001 (LN:2001.39).

"Masterworks of Lithography", February 12 through May 8, 2005, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. [106 Cameron]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: The lithograph is inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left: "9 1/2 x 13 3/4" The lithograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: "The Race (1942) Edition of 250". There was a label (now in Registrar's files) on the backboard of the frame from Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. / 21 East 70th St. / New York, NY, 10021.

The lithograph is signed on the plate, lower left, and on the sheet in pencil, lower right "Benton"

Catalogue raisonnéFath 56; AAA 481

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