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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.9
People
Thomas Hart Benton, American (Neosho, MO 1889 - 1975 Kansas City, MO)
Title
Upriver Oil Tow
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Top Deck Mississippi Towboat
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1945
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175977

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, watercolor and graphite on darkened beige wove paper mounted to brown cardboard
Dimensions
42.6 x 35.4 cm (16 3/4 x 13 15/16 in.)
mount: 47.6 x 40.5 cm (18 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: Benton
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: Upriver Oil Tow

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Standard Oil Company of New Jersey], gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1952.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Copyright
© T.H. and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.9
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

Verification Level

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