Laguna Seascape II, 1954

Catalog #1027

oil on canvas
Signature: signed and dated lower right - Benjamin 54(?)
Date: 1954
24 x 30 in.
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Provenance:

Collection of Norman P. Hines and Marjorie Harth Hines, Claremont, California (acquired directly from the artist via trade);
[Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Modern Art & Design, October 18, 2020, Lot 43];
Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Chicago, Illinois (acquired directly from the above).

Exhibition History:

Pasadena, California, Pasadena Art Museum (now Norton Simon Museum), Karl Benjamin – Paintings, July 30 – October 5, 1954.

Pomona Public Library, October 1954.

Walnut, California, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Close Values: The Legacy of Karl Benjamin, September 22 – December 8, 2016.

References:

Frank, Peter, et al. Close Values: The Legacy of Karl Benjamin. Walnut: Mt. San Antonio College, 2016, reproduced in color on page 97.

"Young Artist to Exhibit Paintings," Pomona Progress-Bulletin, 12 October 1954, Evening ed., sec. 2, p. 8.

Credit:
Image courtesy of Rago/Wright/LAMA.