Thomas Hart Benton (1889 – 1975), The Race, 1942, lithograph, signed and titled in pencil, edition of 250, published by Associated American Artists, New York, 9″ x 13 1/4″, sheet size 11 3/8″ x 16″. Provenance: Purchased from the artist in 1965 by Creekmore Fath. Exhibited: Austin, Texas, The Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, The University of Texas at Austin, The Fath Collection: Selected prints from the United States and Mexico, 1915 – 1950, May 15 – July 6, 1986, no. 13, illus. p. 36. C The Creekmore and Adele Fath Charitable Foundation Collection. Sold at Doyle’s New York, November 8, 2011, #143. Condition: Almost imperceptible matstain, a few unobtrusive pale foxing spots and minor printer’s ink in the margins and verso, some pale old glue residue at center of top sheet edge verso, otherwise in good condition, with full margins, framed.
Estimate: $8000 - $12000