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Karl Stanley Benjamin
# 271968

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Abstract painting, square format, dense allover grid of hard-edged triangles in saturated reds, yellows, blues, greens, oranges, and purples forming pinwheel and diamond patterns

Karl Stanley Benjamin, # 27, 1968, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, Courtesy of the Jefferson Gallery, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Karl Stanley Benjamin
United States, 1925-2012
Title
# 27
Date Made
1968
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
79 x 79 in. (200.66 x 200.66 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist, Courtesy of the Jefferson Gallery
Accession Number
M.68.75
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Zelevansky, Lynn, V. L. Hillings, M. Peternák, B. LaBelle, P. Frank, I. Katzenstein, A. Le Blanc. Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-70s. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004.
  • Barron, Stephanie, editor. California: 5 Footnotes to Modern Art History. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
Copyright
© Benjamin Living Trust

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