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Thomas Hart Benton American
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Benton created this compositional study of construction in New York and the city’s skyline in preparation for executing a panel in his large mural, America Today, also in the Museum’s collection (2012.478a–j).
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Title: City Building
Artist:
Thomas Hart Benton (American, Neosho, Missouri 1889–1975 Kansas City, Missouri)
Date: 1930
Medium: Tempera on board
Dimensions: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Classification: Works on Paper
Credit Line: Gift of AXA Equitable, 2016
Object Number: 2016.425.8
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