Bud’s Bike Shop, 1953
Catalog #323
oil on canvas
Signature: signed and dated lower right - Benjamin 5-53
Date: 1953
19 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.
Provenance:
Collection of Beth Marie Benjamin (gift of the artist);
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, Claremont, California (gift of the above, 2023).
Exhibition History:
Claremont, California, Claremont Museum of Art, A Conversation with Color: Karl Benjamin Paintings 1953-1995, April 15 – July 4, 2007.
Walnut, California, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Close Values: The Legacy of Karl Benjamin, September 22 – December 8, 2016.
References:
Karabenick, Julie, "An Interview With Artist Karl Benjamin." Geoform (May 2008).
Frank, Peter, et al. Close Values: The Legacy of Karl Benjamin. Walnut: Mt. San Antonio College, 2016, reproduced in color on page 79.