Anthony Benjamin (British, 1931-2002) "Still Life with Black Crow", signed and dated '89, pencil on paper in a black stained and glazed frame, the paper 64cm wide, 97cm high Large pencil and graphite work on paper exhibited at Benjamin’s solo show at Gimpel Fils in 1990. More like paintings in graphite than drawings, they involve a complex range of techniques of masking and erasure, of painting with graphite dust as well as drawing with broad pencils. Incorporating textures and atmospheres are geometric forms, polar whites and intense blacks. Described by Chris Stevens who was curator of modern British art and head of displays at Tate Britain, as ‘some of the most powerfully evocative things that Benjamin produced.’
Anthony Benjamin (British, 1931-2002) "Still Life with Black Crow", signed and dated '89, pencil on paper in a black stained and glazed frame, the paper 64cm wide, 97cm high Large pencil and graphite work on paper exhibited at Benjamin’s solo show at Gimpel Fils in 1990. More like paintings in graphite than drawings, they involve a complex range of techniques of masking and erasure, of painting with graphite dust as well as drawing with broad pencils. Incorporating textures and atmospheres are geometric forms, polar whites and intense blacks. Described by Chris Stevens who was curator of modern British art and head of displays at Tate Britain, as ‘some of the most powerfully evocative things that Benjamin produced.’
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