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Barton Lidice BenesBarton Lidice Benes Mixed Media Work1988
1988
$2,500
£1,872.14
€2,158.77
CA$3,513.86
A$3,838.88
CHF 2,013.87
MX$46,704.76
NOK 25,053.37
SEK 23,721.31
DKK 16,115.56
About the Item
Artist: Barton Lidice Benes (1942-2012)
Markings: signed; 1998
Country of Origin & Materials: American; paper, wood, graphite, rubber, glass
Dimensions: 15"h, 6"w; 19.5"h, 10.25"w, 2"d frame
Additional Information: Work is dedicated in pencil "For Howard." Provenance: Gift from the artist The Collection of Dr. Howard Grossman, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Barton Lidice Benes (1942–2012) was a pioneering American artist known for his provocative mixed media assemblages, often composed of found objects housed in reliquary-like shadow boxes. Signed and dated 1988, this piece includes a personal dedication in pencil — 'For Howard' — referencing Dr. Howard Grossman, a noted AIDS physician and collector based in West Palm Beach. The work, which comes directly from Grossman’s collection, reflects Benes’s signature practice of merging the personal with the political through unexpected materials such as paper, rubber, graphite, and glass.
Benes’s art aligns with the visual and conceptual sensibilities of contemporaries such as Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, David Wojnarowicz, and Kiki Smith — artists who similarly used assemblage and symbolism to examine identity, mortality, and cultural memory. His work is represented in major institutional collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the North Dakota Museum of Art, where his New York City apartment was permanently reconstructed as a living installation.
- Creator:Barton Lidice Benes (1942, American)
- Creation Year:1988
- Dimensions:Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)
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- Condition:very good, light wear to frame, not examined outside frame.
- Gallery Location:Lake Worth Beach, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2698216076802
Barton Lidice Benes
Barton Lidice Benes is known for his provocative, symbolic mixed media assemblage made from materials such as paper currency, biological materials and celebrity ephemera, with significant pieces relating to the AIDS epidemic . In the introduction to “Curiosa: Celebrity Relics, Historical Fossils, & Other Metamorphic Rubbish,” John Berendt discusses Benes’ works of this nature. “With some of the relics, the best in my opinion, he goes one step further and creates a shape that symbolizes the relic itself in some way. He calls this series TRANSUBSTANTIATION” (Benes pg. 15).
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