Jun 04, 2015 - Sale 2386

Sale 2386 - Lot 175

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
THOMAS HART BENTON
Studies of Tree Stumps and Leaves.

Pencil on paper, circa 1943. 310x240 mm; 12 1/4x9 1/2 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right recto.

Professor Henry Adams, Case Western Reserve University, has confirmed the authenticity of this drawing. He notes that this drawing dates from around 1943 when Benton made the painting, Silver Stump, which belonged to his son."