Small Totem, 1955

Catalog #328

oil on canvas
Signature: initialed and dated lower right - K.B. '55
Date: 1955
33 x 4 in.
12156-Benjamin-Small Totem, 1955, 33x4
Provenance:

Estate of the Artist.

Exhibition History:

Santa Monica, California, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Karl Benjamin: Paintings from the 50s and 90s, 1998. Exhibited in conjunction with Sunshine & Noir, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, October 7, 1998 – January 9, 1999.

West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Karl Benjamin: A Centennial Exhibition, September 20 – November 1, 2025.

References:

Duncan, Michael. "Karl Benjamin at Ruth Bachofner," Art in America (February 1999).

Peabody, Rebecca, et al. Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art 1945-1980. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011, mentioned on page 43.