Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
Cradling Wheat 1939
lithograph 9 5/8 x 12, signed; ed. 250
Associated American Artists
UAM 1992.63

The method of harvesting Benton depicts had been almost entirely discarded for modern machinery when he saw this scene in East Tennessee in 1928. His print, made after he had returned from New York City to Missouri, was made eleven years later, making it even more nostalgic.