Benton’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Folio Cover, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
Benton Spruance American, 1904-1967
The Shadow of a Great Bird Falls on My Face, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
Arrangement for Drums
Benton Spruance (American, 1904–1967) printed by Theodore Cuno (American, born Germany, 1877–1967)
Pyrenees No. 1
Great Chargers of Gold Held Up by the Handmaidens Smote the Weariness of the Sands, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
My Glory is Upon the Seas, My Strength is Amongst You, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
The Sea - Galilee
Benton Spruance (American, 1904-1967) printed by Bohuslav Horák (American, born Czechoslovakia, 1914-2004) published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1960)
I Tread, You Tread, In a Land of High Slopes, Clothed in Balm, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
On the Point of a Lance, Amongst Us, This Horse's Skull!, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
A Child-Offered Us a Quail in a Slipper of Rose Coloured Satin, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
And the Stranger Acquires Still More Partisans in the Way of Silence, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
Roads of the Earth We Follow You. Authority over All the Signs of the Earth, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
I Foretell You the Time of Great Blessing and the Bounty of the Evening, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
Plough-land of Dream! Who Talks of Building?, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse
Cotton Pickers
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975)
Departure of the Joads, from The Grapes of Wrath
Thomas Hart Benton American, 1889-1975
Cradling Wheat
Island Hay
Loading Corn
Shallow Creek