Lot 58
  • 58

Karl Stanley Benjamin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Karl Stanley Benjamin
  • TG #18
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 61
  • oil on canvas
  • 34 by 42 in. 86.4 by 106.7 cm.

Provenance

Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles 

Exhibited

The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Pacific Standard Time, Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center, December 2011 - February 2012

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There is craquelure evident throughout with a few associated pinpoint pigment losses. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is evidence of a small linear vertical area of inpainting in the lower center of the composition in the white pigment, measuring roughly 3 inches in length. Framed.
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