Column

about Column

The solitary and narrow white figure in this composition is identified by the title as a "column" but at first glance, is clearly meant to be suggestive of male anatomy.

This cheeky pastel drawing is by American Cubist artist Benjamin Benno. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the international avant-garde and exhibited with the most significant European artists including Paul Klee, Max Ernst, Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Hans Arp, and Fernand Léger. Pablo Picasso sponsored Benno’s first one-man show in Paris in 1934.