Art Institute of Chicago
Cotton Pickers
Thomas Hart Benton · 1945
Provenance
Ownership history
- Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, by 1971; acquired by Sergio Stella, February 8, 1971, by trade; by descent in the family; consigned to Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, LLC, New York, 2012; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>America After the Fall: Painting in the 1930s</em>, June 5–Sept. 18, 2016; Paris, Musee de l'Orangerie, Oct. 15, 2016–Jan. 30, 2017; London, Royal Academy, Feb. 25–June 4, 2017, cat. 4 (Paris and London only).
Literature
Published references
- <em>Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection</em> (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2017), 130.
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