Accompanying this lot is a letter from Conservator and Restorer of Art and Artifacts on Paper, Patricia Morris, pertaining to her examination of the piece and her discussions with other conservationists and authorities on works of Benton.

An oil and egg tempera painting version of Spring Tryout is in the Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa, and is illustrated plate 167 in Thomas Hart Benton, by Matthew Baigell.

Click here to read an essay by Henry Adams, noted authority on the works of Thomas Hart Benton.