Island Hay
Date1945
Artist
Thomas Hart Benton
(American painter, illustrator, and lithographer, 1889–1975)
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 9 15/16 × 12 5/8 in. (25.2 × 32.1 cm)
sheet: 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Isaac H. Whyte, Jr. and Jean B. Whyte, 1993
Object number1993-142
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn this portrayal of reapers in Martha's Vineyard, Benton used undulating lines to unite the farmers with the land they work and the sky above them.