Stage II, 1958

Catalog #285

oil on canvas
Signature: initialed and dated lower left - KB '58
Date: 1958
50 x 70 in.
8011615
Provenance:

[Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California];
Private Collection, West Hollywood, California (acquired directly from the above, 2013).

Exhibition History:

West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Dance the Line: Paintings by Karl Benjamin, September 29 – December 22, 2007.

Los Angeles, California, Getty Center, Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and Sculpture 1945-1970, October 1, 2011 – February 5, 2012. Also exhibited:
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, March 15 – June 10, 2012.

References:

Karabenick, Julie. “An Interview With Artist Karl Benjamin.” Geoform (May 2008).

Rabe, John. “RIP Karl Benjamin, art trailblazer, ‘hard-edge’ but happy.” Off-Ramp, KPCC – 89.3 FM, 5 November 2012, 

Marrow, Deborah. “Pacific Standard Time Economic Impact Report.” J. Paul Getty Trust 2013 Annual Report, p.17.

Nagourney, Adam. “Southern California is claiming its place on the art world map.” The Bulletin (Bend, OR), 14 October 2011.

Cheh, Carol. “Pacific Standard Time: Don’t Be Overwhelmed. Just Take it Slow.” LA Weekly, 3 October 2011, sec. Arts.

Davies, Lucy. “Modern Art’s Hollywood Moment.” The Sunday Telegraph, 16 October 2011.

Hickey, Dave, et al. Dance the Line: Paintings by Karl Benjamin. Los Angeles: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2007, plate 2, reproduced in color on page 19.

Peabody, Rebecca, et al. Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art 1945-1980. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011, reproduced in color on page 44.

Associated Press. “Huge, Diverse Art Exhibit Attempts to Reflect LA.” Deseret News, September 26, 2011.