Thomas Hart Benton
Night Firing

Night Firing

© T.H. and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / UMB Bank Trustee / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Night Firing
Night Firing
ArtistAmerican, 1889–1975
PrinterAmerican, 1894–1965
PublisherNew York, 1934–1981
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Night Firing
Date1943
PlaceUnited States
MediumLithograph with scraping on wove paper, from the edition of 250
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 13 1/8 in. (22.2 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 15 7/8 in. (29.3 × 40.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Nell Willmann
Object number52.23
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The American Scene," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, Texas, September 6— November 28, 2001.

"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right below image in pencil and bottom left corner on the image "Benton"
Watermark: Recto, bottom right: RIVES
Catalogue raisonnéFath 57; AAA 549

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