Karl Benjamin
#14 , 1965 (Executed)
Lot #52 |
2025-02-26 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Curated
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 20,000 - 30,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11780
Auction name: Contemporary Curated
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-02-26
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 42 by 42 ÂĽ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
106.7
Width In Centimeters:
107.3
Height In Inches:
42
Width In Inches:
42.25
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Edition: AP
Edition notes: Artist's proof.
Year notes: Executed in 1965.
Provenance
Tony Dunlap, California (acquired directly from the artist) Orange County Museum of Art Benefit Auction, Santa Ana, California, 15 September 2007, lot 2110 (donated by the above) Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2007) Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 6 May 2012, lot 138 Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo; Rome, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; and Miami, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Global Exchange: Geometric Abstraction Since 1950 , September 2014 - January 2015, pp. 136-137, illustrated in color Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Geometric Obsession: American School 1965 -2015 , October - March 2015, pp. 35, 56, 71, 79 and 187
Literature
Claudine Humblet, The New American Abstraction 1950-1970, vol. 1, Milan 2003, p. 496, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Property from The Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires Sold to Fund Future Acquisitions Karl Benjamin 1925 - 2012 #14 signed with the artist's initials and dated 65 (upper right) oil on canvas 42 by 42 ¼ in. 106.7 by 107.3 cm. Executed in 1965. Louis Stern has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is included in the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Karl Benjamin as Catalog #136 . Provenance Tony Dunlap, California (acquired directly from the artist) Orange County Museum of Art Benefit Auction, Santa Ana, California, 15 September 2007, lot 2110 (donated by the above) Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2007) Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 6 May 2012, lot 138 Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo; Rome, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; and Miami, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Global Exchange: Geometric Abstraction Since 1950 , September 2014 - January 2015, pp. 136-137, illustrated in color Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Geometric Obsession: American School 1965 -2015 , October - March 2015, pp. 35, 56, 71, 79 and 187 Literature Claudine Humblet, The New American Abstraction 1950-1970, vol. 1, Milan 2003, p. 496, illustrated in color