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Thomas Hart Benton American
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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). Benton, who had taken up boxing as a pastime in the navy, included a boxing match with spectators in the City Activities with Subway mural panel.
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Title: Boxer
Artist:
Thomas Hart Benton (American, Neosho, Missouri 1889–1975 Kansas City, Missouri)
Date: 1920s
Medium: Ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
18 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (46 × 35.9 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of AXA Equitable, 2016
Accession Number: 2016.425.7
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