Upriver Oil Tow | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1952.9
People: Thomas Hart Benton, American (Neosho, MO 1889 - 1975 Kansas City, MO)
Title: Upriver Oil Tow
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Top Deck Mississippi Towboat
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1945
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/175977

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, watercolor and graphite on darkened beige wove paper mounted to brown cardboard

Dimensions

42.6 x 35.4 cm (16 3/4 x 13 15/16 in.)
mount: 47.6 x 40.5 cm (18 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, l.r.: Benton
inscription: lower center, graphite: Upriver Oil Tow

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Standard Oil Company of New Jersey], gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1952.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Accession Year: 1952
Object Number: 1952.9
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

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