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Bread and Peaches
Benjamin Benno
Benjamin Benno
Price on Request
American (1901–1980)
- Date: 1936
- Ink and crayon on paper, signed and dated
- Size: 5.5 x 8 in. (13.97 x 20.32 cm)
- Frame Size: 15 x 18 inches
about Bread and Peaches
Rendered in soft pastel hues, this still life of several peaches rolling out of a basket on a table is a premier example of Benjamin Benno’s bright and airy work.
Bordered by varying black lines and cross-hatching, the composition appears textured and dimensional while still emulating the sweet freshness of the arranged peaches. 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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