1970: 50 Works for 50 Years
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Thomas Hart Benton
"In the Ozarks"
The South Dakota Memorial Art Center was dedicated on Sunday, May 31, 1970. Over the course of the year, works were acquired through generous gifts including this lithograph by , a gift of the South Dakota General Federation of Women鈥檚 Clubs. The General Federation of Women's Clubs had been a central force in the fundraising and organization of the museum.
Benton鈥檚 "In the Ozarks" is after a 1934 painting, in New York City, and was distributed by Associated American Artists in New York City beginning in 1938.

"In the Ozarks"
lithograph, n.d.
South Dakota Art Museum Collection, 1970.02.02.
Gift of South Dakota Federation of Women鈥檚 Clubs.
漏 2020 T.H. and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society, New York
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