A weary traveler stands by a ruined house and animal skeleton, shielding his eyes and holding luggage.

Prints

Prodigal Son

1939

Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 16 7/8 in. (31.4 × 42.9 cm) Image: 10 1/8 × 13 3/16 in. (25.7 × 33.5 cm)
Accession number
78.24
Acquired
1978
Credit line
Gift of Arthur G. Altschul
Reproduction credit
© T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Edition
Ed. 250
Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by Associated American Artists
Department
collection

About this work

Thomas Hart Benton, Prodigal Son, 1939. Lithograph, sheet: 12 3/8 × 16 7/8 in. (31.4 × 42.9 cm) Image: 10 1/8 × 13 3/16 in. (25.7 × 33.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Arthur G. Altschul 78.24. © T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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