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Niobe’s Window
Benjamin Benno
Benjamin Benno
Price on Request
American (1901–1980)
- Date: 1930
- Pastel on Paper, signed and dated lower left
- Size: 19.25 x 14.75 in. (48.9 x 37.47 cm)
- Frame Size: 29.5 x 24 inches
about Niobe’s Window
This pastel drawing depicts a close-up view of a woman's stomach, focusing primarily on the belly button.
This gentle and intimate pieces is by American Modern artist Benjamin Benno. 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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