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Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) Planting, 1939 Lithograph on paper 9 ¼” x 14" (image) Edition of 250   Pencil-signed to the bottom right margin. Circulated by Associated American Artists, New York City. Alternate title: Spring Plowing. The sheet measures 11 ½” x 16" and the glazed frame measures 19 ½" x 23 ½".   Of Planting, Benton wrote: “From a drawing made in southern Arkansas in 1938. The man plows, the woman sows. Common enough scene up to very lately -- maybe it is still to be found. Old ways don't die easily."   Literature: Creekmore Fath, The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton, 2001 (third edition), University of Texas Press/ Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (San Francisco), 28.