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[ART]. BENTON, Thomas Hart (1889-1975). An Artist in Americ...

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[ART]. BENTON, Thomas Hart (1889-1975). An Artist in America. With Sixty-Four Illustrations in Two Colors. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, [1937]. 8vo. Profusely illustrated. [xii], [1]-276 pp. Publisher?s full blue buckram, front board stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt (spine sunned, gilt toned, some toning and rubbing to board edges, some sunning to endleaves, sticker residue on fp, text somewhat toned, short marginal tear to fore-edge of title-page). Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BENTON ON THE HALF-TITLE. The first of two memoirs written by one of the most prominent twentieth century American artists.