Totem Group IV, 1957
Catalog #61
[Louis Stern Fine Arts, Werst Hollywood, California];
San José Museum of Art, California (museum purchase with funds contributed by the Oshman Family Foundation, in honor of the San José Museum of Art's 35th anniversary).
Los Angeles, California, Occidental College, Karl Benjamin, April 7 – May 4, 1958.
Long Beach, California, Long Beach Museum of Art, Paintings by Karl Benjamin: Abstract Classicism, December 7, 1958 – January 4, 1959.
San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, It’s About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 – February 13, 2005.
San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, New Year, New Gifts, December 16, 2006 – May 20, 2007.
San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, Local Color, July 26, 2012 – January 13, 2013.
Santa Ana, California, Orange County Museum of Art, Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury, October 7, 2007 – January 6, 2008.
Santa Ana, California, Orange County Museum of Art, Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury, October 7, 2007 - January 6, 2008. Also exhibited:
Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, February 15 – April 13, 2008;
Oakland, California, Oakland Museum of California, May 17– August 17, 2008;
St. Louis, Missouri, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, September 19, 2008 – January 5, 2009;
Austin, Texas, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, February 22 – May 17, 2009.
Hart, Hugh. “Midcentury Mod and All That Jazz.” Los Angeles Times, 7 October 2007, sec. F, p. F9.
Armstrong, Elizabeth. “The Square and the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury.” Art Ltd., (November 2007), reproduced p. 6.
Finkel, Jori. “Karl Benjamin’s Colorful Resurgence.” The New York Times, 7 October 2007, sec. Art, p. 30.
“Dance the Line: Paintings by Karl Benjamin (Slideshow).” The New York Times, 7 October 2007.
Chang, Richard. “Top 10 List – Visual Art.” The Orange County Register, 31 December 2007, Sec. The Arts Blog.
Armstrong, Elizabeth, et al. Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury. Newport Beach: Orange County Museum of Art, 2007, reproduced in color on page 98.