Gateside Conversation

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Gateside Conversation

Thomas Hart Benton
(1889 - 1975)
artist

George C. Miller
(1894 – 1965)
printer

Associated American Artists
(1934 - 2000)
publisher

Object Type

Print

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Date

1946

Edition

ed. 250

Dimensions

248 x 354 mm

Credit

The James P. Murphy Collection

Accession Number

1987.21.9

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Exhibition History

In Celebration of American Industry, 1/1/1982 to 10/1/1982
Rural America Revisted with Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood, 7/22/1985 to 9/30/1985
Black Figure Prints: Vignettes of an American Experience, 8/4/1986 to 9/30/1986