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Cubist Mother
Benjamin Benno
Benjamin Benno
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American (1901–1980)
- Date: 1933
- Pastel On Paper
- Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
- Frame Size: 34.5 x 26.5 inches
about Cubist Mother
This cubist work on paper in bold monochrome pastel is almost a piece of optical art thanks to the series of geometric shapes that build out the bodies of the two figures.
In the foreground, the shape of a woman peers up at a grotesque assemblage that almost seems to crouch to avoid hitting a cavernous ceiling. This dynamic piece is nicely framed in a dark wood frame. 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.
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