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Ballad of Frankie and Johnny

Ballad of Frankie and Johnny
Thomas Hart Benton, born and raised in Missouri, documented American life in his lively murals. Pictured here, between depictions of labourers, is the climactic scene from the “Ballad of Frankie and Johnny”, a 19th-century folk song about a woman who shoots her lover for cheating on her.
© Benton Trusts/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Missouri Department of Tourism
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American Art and Architecture; Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975)
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