Cradling Wheat / Thomas Hart Benton

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Accession Number: 1980/2.170
Title: Cradling Wheat
Artist: Thomas Hart Benton
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1889-1975
Medium and Support: lithograph on cream-colored paper
Object Creation Date: 1939
Credit Line: Gift of Suzanne Beutler
Inscription: Signed in plate, l.l.: Benton Signed in pencil, l.r.: Benton
Dimensions: 30.2 cm x 40.7 cm (11 7/8 in. x 16 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: farmers; landscapes; workers
Secondary Keywords: modern and contemporary art; people and occupations; rural life; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1459 x 981
File Size: 118 KB
Record: 1980/2.170
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.170/1980_2.170.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Stevers, f16 - Discourse Communities (19); Everyones a critic (18); Food cultures (178); Food cultures -_a_study_room_selection_#1 (20); Landscape and nature - comparative and historical (353); Local food cultures - a study room selection (18); Local food--farms, markets, dining (27); O - Labor Activism in the US (221); Social Realism, mid-19th century to mid-20th century (80); Work and workers (328)

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Full citation: "Cradling Wheat; Thomas Hart Benton." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.170/1980_2.170.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.