Sawing the Log, Thomas Hart Benton, c. 1929
Thomas Hart Benton, portraitThomas Hart BentonAmerican, 1889–1975

Sawing the Log

c. 1929 · Drawing

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Where is “Sawing the Log” now? Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.

Whitney Museum of American Art

New York, United States

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31.496

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In the life of Thomas Hart Benton

The whole life
  1. 1926–1935

    Employed by: Art Students League of New York

  2. late 1920s – early 1930s

    Jackson Pollock among his students

    Among Benton's students at the Art Students League of New York is Jackson Pollock, the future founder of Abstract Expressionism. Pollock often said that Benton's traditional teaching gave him something to rebel against.

  3. 1929–1974

    92 lithographs, 1929–1974

    From 1929 to 1974 Benton produces 92 lithographs in editions ranging from 2 to 500; the signed, limited-edition lithographs are sold at five dollars each through the Associated American Artists Galleries in New York.

  4. early 1930s

    A summer touring the West with Glen Rounds

    Spends a summer touring the Western United States with his student Glen Rounds, who will become a prolific author and illustrator of children's books.

All works

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