Frankie and Johnnie

Art © T.H. and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Frankie and Johnnie

Currently not on view

Frankie and Johnnie,

1936

Thomas Hart Benton, 1889–1975; born Neosho, MO; died Kansas City, MO; active Paris, New York, and Kansas City
Published by Associated American Artists
x1938-200

Information

Title
Frankie and Johnnie
Dates

1936

Maker
Thomas Hart Benton
Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 41.5 x 56 cm. (16 5/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
sheet: 48.3 x 60 cm. (19 x 23 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mather Collection

Object Number
x1938-200
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Missouri, St. Louis

Signatures

In stone, lower right: Benton
In graphite, lower right: Benton

Reference Numbers
Fath 11
Culture
American
Type
prints, lithographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography, mounting
Subject
stoves, weapons, firearms, African American, bars, nightclubs, violence

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