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Charles Elmer Harris'Central Railroad' — Mid-Century African-American Artistc. 1945
c. 1945
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Charles Elmer Harris (Beni E. Kosh), Untitled (Central Railroad), watercolor, c. 1945. Estate stamped verso, 'Beni E Kosh COLLECTION' and numbered '697' in ink. A fine, modernist representational abstraction, on cream wove drawing paper, the image extending to the sheet edges. Archivally reinforced creases in the top right and left sheet corners, only visible verso; several short repaired tears and slight toning at the sheet edges; drawing pad punch holes on the left sheet edge; in overall good condition. Image size 17 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Charles Elmer Harris (1917-1993) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In the 1960s, he legally changed his name to Beni E. Kosh, which translates to “Son Of Ethiopia”. He was a student of Cleveland artist Paul Travis at the Cleveland Institute of Art and later connected to the Sho Nuff Art Group, a collective of African-American artists, and Karamu House, a center for artists, writers, dancers, and home of the oldest African American theater in the United States.
Kosh rarely exhibited or sold his work, and it was not until after his death that his stylistically diverse oeuvre was ‘rediscovered’ to receive critical recognition. Kosh’s work is noted in the catalog Yet Still, We Rise: African American Art in Cleveland 1920–1970 and included in exhibitions at the Cleveland State University and the Butler Institute of American Art.
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- Creation Year:c. 1945
- Dimensions:Height: 17.75 in (45.09 cm)Width: 23.5 in (59.69 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Myrtle Beach, SC
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