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Barton Lidice Benes, Leaves of Grass; Untitled (two works) - Image 1 of 3
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Barton Lidice Benes, Leaves of Grass; Untitled (two works) - Image 1 of 3
Barton Lidice Benes, Leaves of Grass; Untitled (two works) - Image 2 of 3
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Barton Lidice Benes 1942–2012

Leaves of Grass; Untitled (two works)

1973
mixed media book construction 8½ h × 5¾ w × 2½ d in (22 × 15 × 6 cm)
estimate: $800–1,000
result: $500
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Leaves of Grass measures: 2.5 h x 5.75 w x8.5 d inches
provenance: The Artist | Allan Stone Gallery, New York
exhibited: Benes: Book Sculptures and Eyeglasses, April 1974, Allan Stone Gallery, New York

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The Visionary Eye of Allan Stone

Allan Stone; Allan Stone Gallery, New York, c. 1975. Images courtesy of the Allan Stone Collection


Founded in 1960 by art dealer Allan Stone (1932–2006), the New York gallery known today as Allan Stone Projects has been admired for over half a century. Celebrated for its eclectic approach and early advocacy of pivotal artists of the 20th century, Allan Stone Gallery was a leading authority on Abstract Expressionism, the New York dealer for Wayne Thiebaud for over forty years, and showed the works of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Joseph Cornell, John Graham and John Chamberlain. Stone also promoted the work of a younger generation of artists that were in conversation with other artists in his collection, working in the mediums of assemblage, collage and new modes of abstraction. In addition to modern masterworks and contemporary art, Allan Stone also collected and exhibited international folk art, Americana and important decorative arts and industrial design.

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