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Strike (or “Mine Strike”) by Thomas Hart Benton

Strike (or “Mine Strike”) by Thomas Hart Benton

Catherine Burns Fine Art

Lithograph

1933

Edition Size: 300

Sheet Size: 10 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 9 ¼ inches

Signed

Condition: Excellent

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The Contemporary Print Group issued a series of portfolios of lithographs bearing the title “The American Scene,” each portfolio to contain six lithographs. “The American Scene,” Series Two, issued by the Contemporary Print Group i n 1934, contained six lithographs “by artists alive to contemporary social forces.”  The lithographs were: Mine Strike by Thomas Hart Benton, Manhunt by John Steuart Curry, Sweatshop by William Gropper, Reviewing Stand by Russell Limbach, City Wharves by Charles Locke, Waterfront Scene by Raphael Soyer.

Strike is in very fine condition with full margins.

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The Artist

Thomas Hart Benton

One of the central artists associated with the American Regionalism movement, Thomas Hart Benton strayed from the modernist trend toward abstraction in favor of a more representational, though stylized, approach. A native of the American Midwest, Benton made paintings and drawings depicting the realities of agrarian life and the pressures of industrialization. Benton regularly incorporated quintessentially American icons of progress in his images, including railroads, cars, and factories. Benton’s treatment of this subject matter points to an underlying social commentary on the tension between rural and city life and the disparity between idealized imagery and harsh reality.

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