Black Man
Thomas Hart Benton American
Not on view
This sketch is one of dozens of drawings that Benton used to compose his mural America Today, also in the Museum’s collection (2012.478a–j). He used this portrait for the head of the monumental, heroic construction worker at left in the City Building mural panel. His friend and fellow painter Reginald Marsh recalled posing for the body of the figure.
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