Headquarters-5th Command Battalion
and in the spring of his sophomore year
It was painted while they were both at Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles (she was Dorothea Cooke at the time) and Dad made a solo trip down to Mexico
Literature:As seen on the front cover of Aqueous
Plantation Party, 1940 Limited Edition Lithographs Headquarters-5th Command BattalionPlantation 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..