America Today

painting by Thomas Hart Benton

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Created: 1930s
Depicts: boxing, dance, farm, industry, airplane, ship, rapid transit, train, Alvin Saunders Johnson
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, AXA Equitable Center, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 66 West 12th Street
Owned by: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Equitable Holdings, The New School
Country of origin: United States
Rights: copyrighted
Inventory no.: 2012.478a–j
commissioned by: The New School for Social Research, Alvin Saunders Johnson
described by source: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
instance of: painting
maintained by: Modern and Contemporary Art
title: America Today

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America Today is a mural comprising ten canvas panels, painted with egg tempera in 1930–1931 by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. It provides a panorama of American life throughout the 1920s, based on Benton's extensive travels in the country. Originally commissioned for The New School for Social Research building at 66 West 12th Street, it has belonged to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, since 2012.

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