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Thomas Hart Benton
The Hymn Singer

1950

About the Item

Signed in Pencil Lower Right Ed. 500 Circulated by Twayne Publishers, New York City Image Size: 16 x 12 3/8 Framed Size: 24 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches The legendary actor actor and musician, Burl Ives was a good friend of Thomas Hart Benton. As Benton states, "Burl Ives visited me in Kansas City in 1950, returning from Hollywood, with a beard which had been grown for a part in some southern movie story. He sang some old southern hymns which produced the idea for this print and a life size portrait. The latter still in my possession."
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