Norton Museum of Art 2025 Gala Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Norton Museum of Art 2025 Gala Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
James Benjamin Franklin
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Lot closes
February 3, 09:23 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Starting Bid
9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
James Benjamin Franklin
b. 1972
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Executed in 2023
Acrylic, fabric, plaster, sand, glitter, and epoxy on extruded polystyrene
59 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (151.1 x 138.4 x 7 cm)
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This online benefit auction has a 10% buyer’s premium, which will be added to the final hammer price of each sold work. The premium allows the Norton Museum or Art to retain more of the proceeds of the sale and offset administrative costs. Auction proceeds benefit the Norton's curatorial, learning, and community engagement programs.
Courtesy of Broadway Gallery, LLC
James Benjamin Franklin received his BFA from the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) in 1999 and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI) in 2017. Notable exhibitions include Cranbrook Museum of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI); KMAC (Louisville, KY); FRONT International, the Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland, OH); Broadway (New York, NY); Museum of Contemporary Art (Detroit, MI); Reyes | Finn (Detroit, MI); and Proyectos Monclova (Mexico City, MX).