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Mademoiselle Jeanne

Name: Mademoiselle Jeanne | Benjamin Benno
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 74601

Benjamin Benno

$40,000

American (1901–1980)

Date: 1933
Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower left
Size: 57.5 x 38.25 in. (146.05 x 97.16 cm)
Frame Size: 60 x 40.5 inches

$40,000

Framed

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about Mademoiselle Jeanne

Benjamin Benno’s remarkably simple portrait of a woman depicts the subject as a mere mannequin without any facial features or distinctive attributes.

With her form simplified to the greatest extent, the artist casts bright sunlight over the sitter that adds dimension and a sense of realism to the otherwise whimsical work.

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About The Artist: Benjamin Benno

Born in 1901, Benjamin Greenstein Benno was regarded as an artistic prodigy from a young age. After living in Russia for a short time after the death of his mother in 1905, Benno and his father relocated to New York where he was quickly enrolled in the Ferrer Modern School at the young age of eleven. After studying for several years at the progressive school, Benno moved to Paris in 1926 but returned to New York only a few years later in 1931....

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About The Medium: Oil

Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.

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