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1937

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Spirit of Rain (The Spirit of Rain)

This is a Print. It was created by Thomas Hart Benton, Peggy Bacon and Peggy Bacon and published by Associated American Artists. It is dated 1937 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William J. Donald. It is credited Gift of William J. Donald.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 12.4 × 9.8 cm (4 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.) Sheet: 26.9 × 19.3 cm (10 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in margin, in graphite, lower right: Peggy Bacon

It is inscribed

Title in margin, in graphite, lower left.

Cite this object as

Print, Spirit of Rain (The Spirit of Rain); Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975), Peggy Bacon (American, 1895–1987); Published by Associated American Artists (United States); USA; etching on paper; Platemark: 12.4 × 9.8 cm (4 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.) Sheet: 26.9 × 19.3 cm (10 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of William J. Donald; 1953-102-2

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