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Benton Murdoch SpruanceThe People Work, Morning - Noon - Evening - Night. [set of four].1937
1937
$88,500List Price
About the Item
- Creator:Benton Murdoch Spruance (1904 - 1967, American)
- Creation Year:1937
- Dimensions:Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
- Medium:
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- Condition:Very good condition, full deckle edge margins. One print has a very faint mat line in the lower margin, "The People Work, Evening.".
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: #641801stDibs: LU33126368232
Benton Murdoch Spruance
A pioneer in color lithography, Benton Spruance spent most of his life in Philadelphia, where he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and became one of the city’s leading artists. In the twenties and thirties Spruance was known for prints that one critic described as his “velvety urban scenes and ‘social conscious’ series,” which chronicled the life of ordinary men and women at work and play. However, Spruance was also a painter and draftsman who during this period took advantage of two Guggenheim fellowships to travel throughout the United States and Europe and sketch landscapes. In the forties Spruance began producing moody, psychologically charged lithographic portraits of women, followed by mystically tinged work, based on biblical passages, that became increasingly subtle and sculptural in effect. Despite the demand for his work (he produced more than 500 lithographs during his career), Spruance continued to teach. At the time of his death, he was chairman of the art department at Beaver College and had recently retired from the chairmanship of the printmaking department at Philadelphia College of Art.
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