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Benjamin Newton Messick
Hoe Downlate 1930s

Not on view
Charcoal drawing on tan paper, crowded interior scene with a dozen figures dancing, playing music, and watching, rendered in loose energetic strokes with bold shadows

Benjamin Newton Messick, Hoe Down, late 1930s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Velma Hay-Messick, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Benjamin Newton Messick
Title
Hoe Down
Place Made
United States
Date Made
late 1930s
Medium
Graphite and charcoal
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 21 1/4 in. (46.04 × 53.98 cm) Image: 15 3/8 × 18 3/4 in. (39.05 × 47.63 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Velma Hay-Messick
Accession Number
M.82.54.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Benjamin Newton Messick Estate