Self-Portrait with Rita, (painting).

Self-Portrait with Rita, (painting).

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975, painter.

Self-Portrait with Rita, (painting).

49 1/2 x 40 in.

Self-portrait of Thomas Hart Benton and his wife Rita Benton in a landscape, a bare-chested Thomas standing behind a table and Rita wearing a bathing suit seated opposite him. In the background thre are figures playin on a sandy beach with the ocean in the background.

Portrait group -- Family -- Spouses

Portrait male -- Benton, Thomas Hart -- Self Portrait

Portrait male -- Benton, Thomas Hart -- Waist length

Portrait female -- Benton, Thomas Hart, Mrs. (Rita) -- Full length

Landscape -- Beach

Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, 8th & F Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 75.30

Gift of Mooney, Jack H., Mr. & Mrs.,

"National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Collection Illustrated Checklist," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Instit. Press, 1987, pg. 381.

"National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Collection Illustrated Checklist," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Instit. Press, 1987, pg. 381.

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