White Figure on a Red Sky, 1954

Catalog #636

oil on canvas
Signature: signed and dated lower right - Benjamin '54
Date: 1954
48 x 30 1/8 in.
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Provenance:

Long Beach Museum of Art, California (gift of the artist, 1957).

Exhibition History:

Long Beach, California, Long Beach Museum of Art, A Tribute to Karl Benjamin, October 19 - December 30, 2012.

References:

Fulton, Theresa. "Art and Artists,” Pasadena Star-News, 24 April 1955. Appears alongside article, titled "Figure with Orange Sky".

O'Brien, Draza. "Eye on Art: Museum of Art Revisits Long Relationship with Karl Benjamin's Abstractions." The Grunion Gazette, 8 November 2012. 

Credit:
Image courtesy of the Long Beach Museum of Art.