Lithograph, 1936. 420x550 mm; 16½x21¾ inches, wide margins. Second state (of 2). Edition of 100. Signed in pencil, lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Fath 12.
According to Benton, "Every two or three years I reread Mark Twain's great saga from start to finish, finding it as fresh as when I first read it. With the spirits of Huck and Jim pushing me I have been up and down the Mississippi many times. Though I traveled on big boats rather than intimately by raft I like to believe I've caught glimpses of them. I'm certain they're still there behind some island or up some creek."
