작품 상세

Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) Ten Pound Hammer, 1967 Lithograph on Rives paper 9 ¾” x 13 ¾” (image) Edition of 300   Pencil-signed to the bottom right corner. The sheet measures 17 ½” x 12 ¾” and the glazed frame measures 21 ½" x 17 ½".   Of Ten Pound Hammer, Benton wrote: "Old story of my youth -- before the steam hammer beat out John Henry."   Literature: Creekmore Fath, The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton, 2001 (third edition), University of Texas Press/ Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (San Francisco), 79.