The Old Print Shop

Self-Portrait.

  • ARTIST: Thomas Hart Benton

  • PUBLISHER: Circulated by Associated American Artists.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph,

    DATE: 1972.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 300. Image size 19 5/8 x 13 3/4" (49.8 x 34.9 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: "This is a study, from the mirror image, of an old artist, 'grandaddy Benton' as all the kids call me. I had a belly when I did it but after building a stone retaining wall, 65 feet long and in some places 10 feet high, on our place in Martha's Vineyard, I got rid of it." - Thomas Hart Benton. <br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil.

  • CONDITION: Good condition, very minor discoloration in the outer margins. Full sheet.

  • REFERENCE: #84 in "The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton" by Creekmore Fath.