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Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) Sorghum Mill, 1969 Lithograph on paper 13 ¾" x 9 ¾" (image) Edition of 250   Pencil-signed to the bottom right corner. Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City. The sheet measures 13" x 18" and the glazed frame measures 17 ¾" x 21 ¾".   Of Sorghum Mill, Benton wrote: "These mule powered mills used to be common all over the Ozarks. Now gas engines have largely replaced the mules. I found this old time mill in operation in Newton County, Arkansas, in 1969."   Literature: Creekmore Fath, The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton, 2001 (third edition), University of Texas Press/ Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (San Francisco), 81.