Interlocking Forms (IF), 1958

Catalog #3

oil on canvas
Signature: signed and dated lower left: - KB 58
Date: 1958
22 x 14 in.
7000554
Provenance:

[Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California];
Collection of Carol and Kevin Sharer (acquired directly from the above, 2004).

Exhibition History:

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

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.

References:

Nieto, Margarita. “Karl Benjamin.” ArtScene: The Monthly Digest to Art in Southern California (January 2004), reproduced in color on page 22.

Nelson, Harold B., et al. Karl Benjamin: Paintings from 1950-1965. West Hollywood, California: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2004, reproduced in color on page 27.

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 96.