Red, White, Blue Symmetry II, 1958

Catalog #20

oil on canvas
Signature: initialed and dated lower right - KB58
Date: 1958
20 x 50 in.
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Provenance:

Estate of the Artist.

Exhibition History:

West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Paintings from 1950-1965, January 10 – April 10, 2004.

New York, New York, Spanierman Modern Gallery, Burgoyne Diller and Hard-Edge Abstraction, November 8, 2007 – January 5, 2008.

West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Karl Benjamin: A Centennial Exhibition, September 20 – November 1, 2025.

References:

Nelson, Harold B., et al. Karl Benjamin: Paintings from 1950-1965. West Hollywood: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2004, reproduced in color on page 29.

Gardner, James. “Hard-Edge but Eager to Please.” The New York Sun, 27 December 2007, sec. Arts, p.15.

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

Fensom, Sarah E. “The Joy of Painting.” Art & Antiques (Summer 2020), reproduced in color on page 60.