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THOMAS HART BENTON Self-Portrait.
Lithographic crayon on cream wove paper, circa 1940. 182x146 mm; 7 1/8x5 3/4 inches. Signed in crayon, lower center. A gift from the artist to the writer Selden Rodman; thence by descent to the current owner.
Benton (1889-1975) knew Rodman from summers he spent on Martha's Vineyard; he contributed several articles to a magazine Rodman edited called Common Sense.
