called He Heard America Singing by Claire Lee Purdy
Irvine Museum
Although most of his watercolors look deceptively simple
In the lithographic process used to print these images the design is drawn on the surface of a very flat polished stone with special wax pencils
I remember clearly the wonderful trip I made with my parents down to Louisville and horse country in 1958 when I was a sophomore in high school
Plantation Party, 1940 Size:Original Size - Stone Lithograph, 18.75 x 22.5 inches called He Heard America SingingPlantation Party, 1940, a limited edition stone lithograph by Ben Messick. Exhibited: Chouinard School of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 1 15, 1941. Smithsonian Institution, Wash., D. C., March 27 April. 23, 1944. Literature: As seen in: Ben Messick, Stone Lithographs, page 19. Ben Messick by James R. Lafferty Sr..