People of Chilmark (Figure Composition)

Object Details

Artist

Thomas Hart Benton, American, b. Neosho, Missouri, 1889–1975

Provenance

James Graham and Sons, New York, to 1964

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1964-17 May 1966

Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Exhibition History

BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, New York. "Before the Fall: Art of the American Twenties," 21 October 2011-15 January 2012.

PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, Salem, Massachusettes. "American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood," 6 June - 7 September 2015, no. 70, color ill. pg 14 and 147. TOUR: THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART, 10 Oct 2015 - 3 January 2016; AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 6 February - 1 May 2016; MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, 9 June - 5 September 2016.

MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 62.

Published References

RUUD, BRANDON K. and GREGORY NOSAN, eds. Works on Paper from the Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016), no. 26, color ill. p. 52.

AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 42, p. 65.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

(1920)

Accession Number

66.468

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65 5/8 x 77 5/8 in. (166.5 x 197.3 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Social Realism

On View

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_66.468

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py29fc5e76a-4e3c-4e8c-9014-b8b236fd8902