Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975). An Artist in America. New York: University of Kansas City Press, 1951.

8vo. 79 illustrations. Original green cloth stamped in red; dust jacket (chipping along extremities). Provenance: Louise and Bob Long (presentation inscription).

Revised edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THOMAS HART BENTON WITH ORIGINAL PEN AND INK SKETCH. A painter, printmaker, and muralist, Thomas Hart Benton is considered to be one of the most significant American regionalist artists of the twentieth century, alongside Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry. An Artist in America was first published in 1937 and was greeted with significant critical acclaim, with Sinclair Lewis saying of the book, "Here's a rare thing, a painter who can write."

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Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975). An Artist in America. New York: University of Kansas City Press, 1951.

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Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975). An Artist in America. New York: University of Kansas City Press, 1951.

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