The Woodpile
Thomas Hart Benton, The Woodpile, 1939, lithograph on white wove paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © artist or other rights holder, 78.52.181
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- Title
The Woodpile
- Related Titles
alternate: Wood Cutter
- Artist
- Related People
printer: George C. Miller (American, 1894-1965)
publisher: Associated American Artists (American, established 1934)
- Date
1939
- Medium
lithograph on white wove paper
- Edition
edition of 250
- Catalogue Raisonné
Fath 31; Windisch and Cole 313
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 8 11/16 in x 10 7/8 in; sheet: 12 in x 16 3/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: "The Woodpile" T.H. Benton, graphite [in another hand], bottom right Language: English
signature: Benton, printed, lower left in plate
signature: Benton, graphite, lower right
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
78.52.181
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
Thomas Hart Benton was one of the first artists Lewenthal contacted to join AAA and, with Grant Wood, the most popular. His prints celebrate the work of laborers and promote themes both appealing and accessible to the public, such as a farmer splitting wood for the kitchen stove.
- Exhibitions
2019 Associated American Artists: Prints for the People Portland Art Museum
