65: THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
Lonesome Road (1938)
The lithograph published by Associated American Artists in an edition of 250 prints on GCM watermark paper is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right and listed as Fath catalog number 18.

Benton's comments in Fath read: Drawing made in Arkansas in 1926. I had come up river on a tow boat from New Orleans to Helena, Arkansas where I took a train to Little Rock. The train stopped over a road crossing and our of the window I saw this negro with his donkey cart on the hot dusty road. I made the drawing from the train window.
Image measures 10 x 13, sheet is 12 x 16, and frame is 18 x 21 inches.
The full untrimmed sheet with deckle edges, not laid down, no damage or repair, a considerable mat burn surrounds the image.
$1,200 - $1,800