BENTON, Thomas Hart

American (1904-1967)

Strike (or “Mine Strike”), 1933

Fath 5. Lithograph on wove paper, watermarked RIVES, full margins. Edition of 300. Issued by Contemporary Print Group, New York City. Signed in pencil.

10 ¹³⁄₁₆  x  9 ¼ inches  |   27.5  x  23.5 cm

The Contemporary Print Group issued a series of portfolios of lithographs bearing the title “The American Scene,” each portfolio to contain six lithographs. Issued in 1934, “The American Scene” Series Two 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.

Museum Collections:
Museum of Modern Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art

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