People of Chilmark (Figure Composition)
Date
(1920)
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.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Social Realism
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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)
