152: 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 Rives watermarked 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 9.75 x 12.5 on a 12 x 16.25 inch sheet with an overall frame size of 16.75 x 20.75 inches.
Good to very good condition, the full untrimmed sheet with narrow margins having deckle edge, not laid down, no damage, punctures, tears or repair, toning in the margins as shown in the online images, paper tape all around the back side edge, none visible when framed and behind the mat.
$1,800 - $2,400