Huck Finn
Thomas Hart Benton
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Trouble the Water
MEDIUM
Lithograph
DATES
1936
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 20 1/8 x 24 in. (51.1 x 61 cm)
Image: 16 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (41.9 x 55.2 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed in graphite lower right: "Benton"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
81.261.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Kamholtz
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1981, provenance not yet documented; by 1981, acquired by Theodore Kamholtz and Mrs. Theodore Kamholtz of Brooklyn, NY; December 17, 1981, gift of Theodore Kamholtz and Mrs. Theodore Kamholtz to the Brooklyn Museum.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Trouble the Water
CAPTION
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889â1975). Huck Finn, 1936. Lithograph, Sheet: 20 1/8 x 24 in. (51.1 x 61 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Kamholtz, 81.261.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 81.261.1_PS6.jpg)
STATE
2nd state
IMAGE
overall, 81.261.1_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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