#5, 1990

Catalog #205

oil on canvas
Date: 1990
60 x 60 in.
8011988
Provenance:

[Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California];
Collection of Joan and Mitchell Markow, St. Louis, Missouri (acquired directly from the above, 2012).

Exhibition History:

Claremont, California, Claremont Museum of Art, A Conversation with Color: Karl Benjamin Paintings 1953-1995, April 15 – July 4, 2007.

New York, New York, National Academy Museum, 186th Annual Exhibition, January 18 – April 22, 2012.

References:

Pagel, David, et al. A Conversation with Color: Karl Benjamin Paintings 1953-1995. Claremont: Claremont Museum of Art, 2007, reproduced in color on page 34.

Vitello, Paul. “Karl Benjamin, 86, Rebel of Midcentury Art Scene.” The New York Times, 4 August 2012, sec. Obituaries, p. B8.

Michno, Christopher. “The Artists’ Artist: Karl Benjamin Lives on at the Pomona Arts Colony.” Inland Empire Weekly, 16-22 August 2012, p. 3, 7-8.