"Hollywood"
Thomas Hart Benton
1937
tempera with oil on canvas mounted on panel
commissioned by Life magazine, which subsequently refused to
run it because of the half-naked woman in the center
53.5x81"
Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Benton went to Hollywood on commission from Life magazine to produce a
two-page color spread about the film world. He made forty drawings, sketching
celebrities as well as anonymous workers in the industry. Benton used the
sketches for a painting featuring a scantily clad blonde. 
