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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Three-quarter portrait of a man playing a banjo. He faces left, has wavy hair and is shown wearing a shirt with rolled sleeves.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton, American, 1889–1975
Date
1934
Credit Line
Gift of William J. Donald
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
30.3 × 22.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Type
portraits
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing

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