#7, 1977

Catalog #687

oil on canvas
Signature: signed and inscribed verso lower right corner on stretcher
Date: 1977
56 1/2 x 56 1/2 in.
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Provenance:

Collection of Barry Berkus (acquired directly from the artist, 1979);
[Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Modern Art & Design, May 6, 2012, Lot 136]; 
Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Chicago, Illinois (acquired directly from the above).

Exhibition History:

Redlands, California, Peppers Art Center Gallery at University of Redlands, Karl Benjamin 1970-1980, January 7-28, 1980.

References:

Hemmerdinger, William. “The Essence of Color and Structure.” Artweek, 15 November 1980.

Credit:
Image courtesy of Jamie Stukenberg, Thoma Foundation.