Aaron
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 32.5 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 37.7 x 29.1 cm (14 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of A. Thompson Ellwanger III
Accession Number
2000.103.1
Art Historical Context
Thomas Hart Benton's *Aaron* (1941) is a striking black lithograph on wove paper, measuring 32.5 x 24.2 cm for the image and slightly larger for the sheet. during the early years of World War II, this print Benton's mastery of the medium, a technique he championed for its ability to reproduce his dynamic drawings with rich tonal depth and fluid lines. Lithography, involving greasy crayon on stone transferred to paper, allowed Benton to reach wider audiences beyond his large-scale murals and paintings. As a leading figure in American Regionalism and the American Scene movement of the 1930s and...