Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis, Tennessee
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Lasting Impressions: Drawings by
Thomas Hart Benton
February 1 - March 29, 1998
White Castle 21, c.1965
In 1911 having become disillusioned with the European scene, he returned to New York where he was to remain for the next twenty-four years. It was during this period that he established his reputation as one of America's foremost mural painters.
2 Stack Stern Wheeler with Coal Barge, c.1930-35
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