(1950). Lithograph. #29 of an edition of 500 copies printed. Signed by Benton in pencil and in stone, bottom right, Print approximately 16 x 12 in. (406 x 305 mm) (sight). In mat and in frame, 24 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (622 x 527 mm). Unexamined out of mat. Fath 74

Benton's excellent characterization of American folk and country musician and actor, Burl Ives (1909-95), remembered as the voice of Sam the Snowman in the 1964 Christmas classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, as well as his supporting roles in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and The Big Country (1958), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.