Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
A Singular Vision: The Collection of Thomas N. Armstrong III & Whitney “Bunty” Armstrong
Karl Benjamin
Totem Group V
Auction Closed
November 21, 10:28 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Singular Vision: The Collection of Thomas N. Armstrong III & Whitney “Bunty” Armstrong
Karl Benjamin
1925 - 2012
Totem Group V
signed with the artist's initials and dated '57 (lower right); signed, titled and dated 1957 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
50 by 30 in.
127 by 76.2 cm.
Executed in 1957.
Louis Stern has confirmed the authenticity of this work and it is included in the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Karl Benjamin under no. 63.
The artist
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood (acquired from the above circa 2000)
Acquired from the above in November 2004 by the present owner
Tom Armstrong, A Singular Vision, Architecture, Art, Landscape, New York, 2011, p. 196 (text) and p. 198, illustrated in color
Los Angeles, Occidental College, Karl Benjamin, April - May 1958
Long Beach Museum of Art, Paintings by Karl Benjamin: Abstract Classicism, December 1958 - January 1959
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