Small Planes, 1955

Catalog #526

oil on canvas
Signature: signed and dated lower left - Benjamin '55
Date: 1955
30 x 48 in.
8012940
Provenance:

Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California;
[Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California];
Private Collection.

Exhibition History:

South Pasadena, California, Karl Benjamin, Jack Carr Gallery, May 4-31, 1956.

Santa Monica, California, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Karl Benjamin: Paintings 1955-1990, October 24 - November 30, 1991. Also exhibited:
Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, New York, January 4 - February 15, 1992.

San Marino, California, The Huntington Library, Gardens. and Art Museum, The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985, Sept. 4, 2011–Jan. 31, 2012.

References:

Langsner, Jules. "Art News from Los Angeles," Art News (Summer 1956). Print.

Woods II, Wes. "Art Museum Gets $10M Gift," Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 30 July 2008, sec. Local, p. A3.

Wada, Karen, "The 'House' Where Creativity Bloomed," Los Angeles Times, 25 September 2011, sec. Calendar, p. E1, E6.

Nelson, Harold B. et al. The House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley 1945-1985. San Marino: Huntington Library Press, 2011, reproduced in color on page 115. 

Torribio, Sarah. "Karl Benjamin: local legend, wizard of color, leaves lasting legacy." Claremont Courier, 4 August 2012, p. 13.