THOMAS BENTON BOOK.

AuthorPeterson, Eric

The recipient of a Colorado Book Award, "Thomas W. Benton: Artist/Activist," covers the career of the late Aspen artist. Benton, who died in 2007, is perhaps best known for the "Gonzo fist" used as a logo by writer Hunter S. Thompson. Benton was also a pioneering political artist whose body of work spans everything from posters for Gary Hart and George McGovern to pointed antiwar and pro-environment imagery. Daniel Joseph Watkins worked with longtime Benton patron George Stranahan to produce a beautiful hardcover book with 150 images rummaged from "old-time Aspen's barns, basements, and attics,"...

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