Title: |
City Window |
Artist: |
Benson, Ben Albert (Sweden, 1901 - Chicago, 1986) |
Date: |
c. 1935 |
Medium: |
Original Wood Engraving |
Note: |
Ben Albert Benson: Born in Sweden, Ben Albert Benson
moved to the United States at an early age. He later studied at the Art
Institute of Chicago and exhibited his art there during his career. Although
a fine painter, Ben Albert Benson is today most sought after for his original wood
engravings. The large majority of Benson's wood engraved art was created
during the 1930's decade. This was the great era of American Art Deco,
and some of its finest artists such as Rockwell Kent and Lynd Ward regularly
turned to the medium of wood engraving for its bold contrasts of light
and dark and for its strength of line. One could easily argue that the
greatest masterpieces of American wood engraving were created during this
decade. |
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Although rightly considered as a leading Art Deco wood engraver,
Ben Albert Benson's work also contains strong elements of Expressionism and Abstraction,
setting his art apart from other Americans. City Window is a brilliant
example of pure form and line created by the artist's bold point of view.
For the most part, Benson's wood engravings are very small in size, but
demand a great amount of study. |
Edition: |
As well as designing and engraving, Ben Albert Benson printed
all of his impressions. He never numbered his prints in specific editions
and only printed impressions on demand for customers. As a result, all
his wood engravings are now very scarce and known in only a handful of
existing impressions. |
Size: |
2 5/8 X 3 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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View larger Framed Image |
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Condition: |
Printed upon fine, hand-made mulberry (rice) paper and with
wide, deckled margins as printed by the artist in Chicago around 1935.
Signed in pencil by Benson along the lower margin. A brilliantly printed
impression and in excellent condition throughout. City Window is a superb,
original example of the wood engraved art of Ben Albert Benson. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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