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Thomas Hart Benton American
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This sketch of a factory is one of dozens of drawings that Benton used to compose his mural America Today, also in the Museum’s collection (2012.478a–j). It relates directly to the mural panel Coal.
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Title: Factory
Artist:
Thomas Hart Benton (American, Neosho, Missouri 1889–1975 Kansas City, Missouri)
Date: ca. 1929
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 8 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (20.6 × 13 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of AXA Equitable, 2016
Object Number: 2016.425.10
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