UNDISCOVERED COLOR: The Paintings of Benjamin Abramowitz (1960-1970)

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UNDISCOVERED COLOR: The Paintings of Benjamin Abramowitz

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Benjamin Abramowitz at The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1963. Unidentified photographer. Â Courtesy Rosenbaum & Associates, Washington, DC.

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“Art movements splintered into a thousand shards in the decades of the 1940’s onward. In its complexities I created an individual order, a body of work, of paintings, sculptures, and drawings, evolving into the next century, inspired by its own inferences.” BENJAMIN ABRAMOWITZ

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #370 Circa 1961 51” x 55” Oil on Canvas ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #284 Circa 1965 46” x 53” Acrylic on Linen ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #402 Circa 1967 49.75” x 53.75” Oil on Linen

Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #404 Circa 1960 51” x 52.5” Oil on Linen ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #433 Circa 1965 50.5” x 50.5” Oil on Linen ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #394 Circa 1966 47” x 50” Oil on Linen

Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled Circa 1960 55” x 50.5” Oil on Linen ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #244 Circa 1958 50” x 47” Oil on Linen ARCHER

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“The art movements have the shelf life of cut flowers… When you buy culture, good or bad, you walk away with nothing but the experience.” BENJAMIN ABRAMOWITZ

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #409 Circa 1961 54.5” x 46.5” Unknown Medium ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Halcyon #393 Circa 1960 51” x 51” Acrylic on Linen

Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled Circa 1960 55” x 50.5” Acrylic on Canvas ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled Circa 1960 55” x 50.5” Acrylic on Canvas ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Yellow #154 Circa 1964 24” x 20” Acrylic on Linen

Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #91 Circa 1965 24” x 20” Acrylic on Linen ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #99 Circa 1964 24” x 16” Acrylic on Linen ARCHER

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“I used to be envious at the masters. I don’t remember when dissent set in. Shakespeare’s Prospero guided me. “We are such stuff as dreams are made of.” My outlook lost role models. I sought to be a hero, myself.” BENJAMIN ABRAMOWITZ

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #405 Circa 1960 48.5” x 54.5” Oil on Linen ARCHER

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Green Play #230 Circa 1960 38” x 26” Acrylic on Linen

Abramowitz, Benjamin I Will Be Open Circa 1960 22.5” x 27” Oil on Linen

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #300 Circa 1960 24” x 24” Acrylic on Paperboard

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Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled #251 Circa 1966 28” x 51” Acrylic on Linen

Abramowitz, Benjamin Green Play #267 Circa 1960 21” x 30” Acrylic on Paperboard

Abramowitz, Benjamin Untitled Circa 1960 17.75” x 55” Acrylic on Canvas ARCHER

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“Artists have played many roles: Shaman, mythologist, decorator, propagandist, provocateur, hero, and clown. Once they beautified palaces, now they hang out in museums. They do work that no ordinary person would want to live with.” BENJAMIN ABRAMOWITZ

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