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America Today Mural Rediscovered
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Thomas Hart Benton's
America Today Mural Rediscovered

At The Met Fifth Avenue
September 30, 2014–April 19, 2015

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Sunday at The Met

 

Symposium Part 1


Symposium Part 2



Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975). City Activities with Dance Hall from America Today (detail), 1930–31. Mural cycle consisting of ten panels. Egg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels with a honeycomb interior. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of AXA Equitable, 2012