Thomas Hart Benton

(Missouri, 1889-1975)

Sketch of Thomas Hibben, circa 1933

Graphite on paper

6 1/2" x 9 1/2" (mat window)

A portrait sketch of architect Thomas Hibben, who helped Benton secure the mural commission for the artist's noteworthy and controversial A Social History of Indiana (1933). The sketch has been reviewed by art historian and Benton scholar Dr. Henry Adams. Signed to the lower right. The glazed frame measures 13 1/4" x 16 1/4".

Good condition, noting a few small white paint spots to fill two pinholes near the top edge and a mitigate brown spot on the sheet. There is a very faint dog ear crease at the bottom right corner.