?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
THOMAS W. BENTON (1930-2007)
HUNTER THOMPSON FOR SHERIFF / ASPEN, COLORADO. 1970.
25x19 inches, 63½x48¼ cm. Condition A. Hand-signed by Benton in pencil at bottom right margin, & Thompson in gold ink, above text. Silkscreen. Matted and framed.
There are text variants of this piece, all from 1970; one version just says "thompson" at top, and does not overlap with the badge (with a green flower emblem inside); another says "thompson" at top and does overlap, and this one that says "hunter thompson" at top. http://www.tomwbenton.com/gonzo-1). A separate variant was printed on both sides as Aspen Wallposter 5.
