Description
Frankie and Johnnie (From the Missouri Capitol Suite), 1936
Artist: Thomas Hart Benton
Lithograph
16 1/8 x 22 1/8 in
Signed lower right
Benton was considered the most important artist of the American scene. His uncle was a senator and his father a congressman. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Academie, Paris. He and his family lived in Kansas City and NY, where he taught Jackson Pollock, among others
