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Karl Benjamin

Curves In and Out (CIO) #5

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Karl Benjamin

1925 - 2012


Curves In and Out (CIO) #5

signed with the artist's initials and dated 63 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

42 by 30 in.

107 by 76.2 cm.

Executed in 1963.


Louis Stern has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is included in the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Karl Benjamin as Catalog #700.

Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Torbert, La Jolla (acquired from the above in 1964)

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Private Collection, Texas

D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York

Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner

Newport Beach, California, Pavilion Gallery, California Hard Edge Painting, 1964.

New York, New York, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Geometric Abstraction: Two Generations, February – May, 2006, no. 27, illustrated in color