Marsh, Reginald. UNTITLED - MAN AND WOMAN RIDING A CAROUSEL ANIMAL. Tempera on board, 1951. Signed and dated, lower left. 5 x 4 inches, framed to 6 x 9 inches. Provenance: Collection of William Benton. In excellent condition. William Benton, 1900-1973, was, with Chester Bowles, the co-founder of the advertising agency Benton and Bowles, was the publisher of the Encyclopedia Britannica, served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1949-1953, amassed a significant collection of art which included a large number of works by Marsh, and was a major donor to the Art Museum at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, which is named for him.
