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

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
The Meeting (1941)
The lithograph published by Associated American Artists in an edition of 250 prints is signed by Benton in pencil below the image lower right and listed in the artist's catalog raisonne as Fath number 47.



Benton's comments in Fath read: This print is more like a drawing than are other lithos and shows the interior of a country church with a man preaching. Meeting house in the mountains of West Virginia. Drawing made in 1928. Litho reproduces drawing almost exactly. Litho probably made in '38.
Image measures 8.75 x 11.5 on a 12.25 x 16 inch sheet with an overall frame size of 17 x 19.5 inches.
Good condition, the full untrimmed sheet with four deckle edges, not laid down, no damage, punctures, tears or repair, toning in the margins and brown tape upper corners as shown in the online images, a strip of brown tape along the top edge back side, scattered points of foxing in the margins, all covered by the mat, the current mounts do not appear to be framed to archival standards.
$1,800 - $2,400