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Karl Stanley Benjamin
Bars #7circa 1955

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Abstract painting composed of hard-edged horizontal bars and rectangular blocks in crimson red, cobalt blue, black, and white, arranged in interlocking stepped vertical zones
Artist or Maker
Karl Stanley Benjamin
United States, 1925-2012
Title
Bars #7
Date Made
circa 1955
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Florence M. Arnold
Accession Number
59.60
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • A Focus on California: Selections from the Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Barron, Stephanie, editor. California: 5 Footnotes to Modern Art History. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
Copyright
© Karl Stanley Benjamin Estate, courtesy of Louis Stern Fine Arts

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