Karl Benjamin
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Karl Benjamin #2,571Blue-Chip

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personAmerican, 1925–2012
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Selected Works98

Museum Acquisitions

11 Institutions
Whitney
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
SFMOMA
Hammer Museum
Seattle Art Museum
LACMA
LACMA
LACMA
LACMA
LACMA
Minneapolis Institute of Art
MOCA Los Angeles
MOCA Los Angeles
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art

Previous Sales 64

Sotheby's
#14
#14, 1965
Unknown
Feb 2025
Christie's
FS #10
FS #10, 1962
$15,000
May 2018
Christie's
#8, 1967
#8, 1967, 1967
£18,750 ($25k USD)
Sep 2014
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
City
City
Bought In
Aug 2025
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Tape Grid (TG) #15
Tape Grid (TG) #15
Bought In
Aug 2025
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
FS#9 (from the Floating Structure series)
FS#9 (from the Floating Structure series)
Bought In
Jun 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (Mondrian)
Untitled (Mondrian)
$60,480
Oct 2023
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
#15
#15
$33,750
Jun 2022
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled (three works)
Untitled (three works)
$2,750
Jun 2022
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
TG #20, 1961
TG #20, 1961
$18,750
Feb 2022
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Floating Structures #14
Floating Structures #14
$40,000
Oct 2021
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Laguna Seascape II
Laguna Seascape II
$37,500
Oct 2020
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
#45
#45
$20,000
Feb 2020
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled
Untitled
$10,000
Feb 2020
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Bars- Black and Purple
Bars- Black and Purple
Bought In
Oct 2019
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Bars- Black, Yellow, Purple
Bars- Black, Yellow, Purple
Bought In
Oct 2019
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
#35
#35
Bought In
Oct 2019
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
TG #1
TG #1
$21,250
May 2019
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled
Untitled
$15,000
Sep 2018
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Blue with Yellow Spot
Blue with Yellow Spot
Bought In
Oct 2017
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Seascape
Seascape
Bought In
Oct 2017
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
#1
#1
$16,000
Mar 2017
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled
Untitled
$50,000
Oct 2016
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
#17
#17
$21,250
May 2015
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
#32
#32
$34,375
Mar 2015

For Sale 7

Louis Stern Fine Arts · Artsy
Cube Buildings
Cube Buildings, 1954
Price on request
Oil on canvas
Louis Stern Fine Arts · Artsy
#8, 1987
#8, 1987, 1987
US$60,000
Oil on canvas
L.A. Louver · Artsy
#34 (from the 'letter' series)
#34 (from the 'letter' series), 1964
US$60,000
Oil on canvas
Louis Stern Fine Arts · Artsy
#1, 1987
#1, 1987, 1987
US$60,000
Oil on canvas
Louis Stern Fine Arts · Artsy
#4, 1988
#4, 1988, 1988
US$60,000
Oil on canvas
Louis Stern Fine Arts · Artsy
#2, 1991
#2, 1991, 1991
US$60,000
Oil on canvas
Louis Stern Fine Arts · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1955
US$10,000
India ink on paper
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Market91 auction results

trending_upPaintings Range
$6.3K – $78.0K
10 of 18 paintings lots with prices
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$30.3K
Object-type specific
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$26.3K
10 priced paintings lots
calendar_todayLast Paintings Sale
Jun 2025 · $9.6K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Paintings: $26.3K medianWorks on paper: $5.4K medianEditioned prints: $1.8K median
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Sotheby'sJohn Moran AuctioneersBonhams & ButterfieldsButterfields
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Current Exhibitions1

#452 Persons Projects

Geometry of Light

Karl Benjamin, Grey Crawford

Lindenstraße 35, 10969 Berlin, Germany

May 2, 2026 — Jun 27, 2026

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Recent News1

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Gallery Weekend Berlin opens ranks as city faces identity crisis
Gallery Weekend Berlin (GWB) expands from 50 to 57 participating galleries in 2025, introducing a new section called Perspectives that features smalle…
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Past Exhibitions9

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

Karl Benjamin: A Centennial Exhibition

Karl Benjamin

9002 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States

Sep 20, 2025 — Nov 1, 2025

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

The Karl Benjamin X Comme des Garçons Project

Karl Benjamin

9002 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States

Nov 9, 2019 — Jan 25, 2020

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#982 David Klein Gallery

Karl Benjamin | Alphabet Paintings

Karl Benjamin

82 Swanshurst Ln, Birmingham B13 0AL, UK

Mar 24, 2018 — Apr 28, 2018

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

Karl Benjamin: The Alphabet

Karl Benjamin

9002 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States

May 20, 2017 — Jul 8, 2017

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

The Armory Show 2015 Karl Benjamin: Works From 1957-1995

Karl Benjamin

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Mar 5, 2015 — Mar 8, 2015

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

Karl Benjamin: The Late Paintings

Karl Benjamin

9002 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States

Sep 6, 2014 — Oct 25, 2014

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

Karl Benjamin and the Evolution of Abstraction, 1950-1980 A Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 Exhibition

Karl Benjamin

9002 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States

Sep 24, 2011 — Dec 23, 2011

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

Dance the Line: Paintings by Karl Benjamin

Karl Benjamin

9002 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States

Sep 29, 2007 — Dec 22, 2007

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#355 Louis Stern Fine Arts

Karl Benjamin: Drawings 1950-1965

Karl Benjamin

9002 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States

Mar 5, 2005 — Apr 9, 2005

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Art Fair Appearances4

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Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2018
The Armory Show — New York
2018
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2017
The Armory Show — New York
2015
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Recent Activity17

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Exhibition
Geometry of Light
May 2, 2026
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Gallery Weekend Berlin opens ranks as city faces identity crisis
May 1, 2026
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Exhibition
Karl Benjamin: A Centennial Exhibition
Sep 20, 2025
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Exhibition
The Karl Benjamin X Comme des Garçons Project
Nov 9, 2019
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Art Fair
Art Basel Miami Beach 2018
Dec 6, 2018
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Exhibition
Karl Benjamin | Alphabet Paintings
Mar 24, 2018
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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2018
Mar 8, 2018
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Art Fair
EXPO CHICAGO 2017
Sep 13, 2017
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Exhibition
Karl Benjamin: The Alphabet
May 20, 2017
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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2015
Mar 5, 2015
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Exhibition
The Armory Show 2015 Karl Benjamin: Works From 1957-1995
Mar 5, 2015
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Exhibition
Karl Benjamin: The Late Paintings
Sep 6, 2014
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death
Karl Benjamin dies
Jan 1, 2012
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Exhibition
Karl Benjamin and the Evolution of Abstraction, 1950-1980 A Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 Exhibition
Sep 24, 2011
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Exhibition
Dance the Line: Paintings by Karl Benjamin
Sep 29, 2007
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Exhibition
Karl Benjamin: Drawings 1950-1965
Mar 5, 2005
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birth
Karl Benjamin born
Jan 1, 1925
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