Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3540T
Location: Marlborough
Date / Time: January 11, 2021 12:00PM
Description:
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
The Music Lesson, 1943, circulated by Associated American Artists, New York, 1944, edition of 250 plus 25 proofs (Fath, 60; AAA/Czestochowski, 1944.005). Signed "Benton" in pencil l.r. and in the matrix. Lithograph on paper, image size 10 x 12 3/4 in. (25.4 x 32.4 cm), matted, unframed.
Condition: Deckled edges to two sides, image unobtrusively light-stained, gentle cockling to sheet, brown paper tape to upper corners.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
The sheet measures 12 x 15 7/8 inches and has deckled right and lower edges.
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