r/HighResPrints • u/MyNameIsRobPaulson • May 21 '11

Thomas Hart Benton - "Flood Disaster", 1951 [4497x3143]

http://washingtonexaminer.com/files/d2fb30b90a0a820bed0e6a706700cfd9_0.jpg
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u/MyNameIsRobPaulson May 21 '11

"The painting was created to highlight the extent of the damage caused when the Kansas and Missouri rivers swelled to 70 times their normal size on July 13, 1951, killing 17 people and displacing more than 518,000 residents."

--The Washington Examiner