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Benjamin DukeLooking After People - Surreal Landscape with People and Cartoons2018
2018
$1,400List Price
About the Item
- Creator:Benjamin Duke (1977, American)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:Seller: BSD0211stDibs: LU55433190101
Benjamin Duke
Benjamin Swallow Duke was born in Louisville, Kentucky and grew up in Utah. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Art at the University of Utah receiving his BFA in 2002. He received his master of fine arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Hoffberger School of Painting and has been teaching painting and drawing at Michigan State University since 2006.
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