Form in Red and Orange, 1959

Catalog #599

Wax, resins, and acrylic pigments on canvas
Date: 1959
60 1/8 x 40 in.
Benjamin, Karl Stanley Form in Red and Orange, 1959 Oil on canvas
Provenance:

Collection of the City of Claremont (acquired directly from the artist via Claremont Art Fair, 1959);
The Benton Museum of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, California (restricted gift of the Frederick R. Hammersly Foundation, 2018).

Exhibition History:
References:

“$350 Prize Is Offered in Arts Fair.” The Pomona Progress-Bulletin, 28 April 1959, Evening ed., sec. 1, p. 8.

“Karl Benjamin Wins Purchase Prize for Oil Painting.” The Claremont Courier, 30 April 1959.

O’Brien, Thelma. “So the Mondales said to the Benjamins: Come on over for a nice dinner.” The Claremont Courier, 2 July 1980.

Bramlett, Matthew. “Sale of artwork proves to be quite profitable for city.” The Claremont Courier, 12 April 2018.

Marquez, Liset. “Claremont – city owns a $150K painting, bought it for only $350.” Daily News of Los Angeles, 10 April 2018, sec. News, p. 4.

Credit:
Image courtesy of Benton Museum of Art.