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  Désiré Christian / Meisenthal Art Nouveau Art Glass Gourd Vase c. 1885-90

  DÉSIRÉ CHRISTIAN (1846-1907) France
  MEISENTHAL (LOTHRINGEN) France/Germany

  Gourd vessel in the Japanese taste   c. 1885-90

  Wheel-carved and martelé French cameo glass with metallic inclusions and applied glass (blossoms, tendrils and butterflies)

  Signed on the bottom: Desire Christian, Meisenthal Loth

  For information on Désiré Christian see: The Glass of Désiré Christian, Ghost for Gallé, Jules S. Traub (Chicago: The Art Glass Exchange, 1978).

  H: 8 1/2″ x Dia: 4″

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  Karl Benjamin, “Geo-metricized figure”, Oil on canvas 1954

  KARL BENJAMIN (1925-2012) USA

  Geometricized figure 1954

  Oil on canvas

  Signed: Benjamin 54 (lower left)

  For more information see: Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Vol. 1 to 10, E. Bénézit (Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1976).

  Canvas: H: 17″ x W: 6″

  Framed: H: 24 1/2″ x W: 13 1/2″

   

  Karl Benjamin was born in Chicago, IL in 1925. He received his BA from the University of Redlands, CA and his MFA at Claremont Graduate School, CA. Benjamin belonged to the Hard Edge group of West Coast painters led by John McLaughlin during the 1950s, 60s and early 70s. He was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Visual Arts in both 1983 and 1989. His work has been featured in numerous museum exhibitions and is included in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, Israel; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Seattle Art Museum, WA; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, among others. For many years, Benjamin taught painting at Pomona College and Claremont Graduate School, and currently is Professor Emeritus. He lived in Claremont, CA.