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Cubist Still Life
Benjamin Benno
Benjamin Benno
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American (1901–1980)
- Date: 1934
- Ink and Charcoal on Canvas, signed and dated upper left
- Size: 25 x 34 in. (63.5 x 86.36 cm)
- Frame Size: 39 x 48 inches
about Cubist Still Life
A black and white drawing on canvas by cubist and surrealist artist Benjamin Benno.
Rather than depicting fruit or flowers on a table like a traditional still life, Benno decided to show a single orange reclining on a couch in a room built out of stone. This unique work is signed and dated in the upper left. 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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