Jun 04, 2009 - Sale 2182

Sale 2182 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
THOMAS HART BENTON
Captian William N. Jeffords.

Pen and black ink and brown wash over pencil on cream wove paper, circa 1930. 485x430 mm; 19x17 inches. Titled in pencil, verso.

This is one of 9 ink and wash drawings commissioned from Benton by the Curtis Publishing Company for reproduction in the "Ladies Home Journal." When the magazine was purchased by Bruce Gould after 1935, the drawings passed into his collection.