Beni E. Kosh Paintings
American, 1917-1993
Charles Elmer Harris was born in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio. In the 1960’s, he legally changed his name to Beni E. Kosh or “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 group of African-American artists, and the Karamu House artist group.
Kosh scarcely ever exhibited or sold his work. It was not until the end of his life that his works were “rediscovered” and amassed 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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Artist: Beni E. Kosh
Meditation on African Sculpture, mid-century figural abstract painting
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993)
Meditation on African Sculpture, 1957
Oil on found wood panel
Signed and dated lower left
20 x 15 inches
Charles Elmer Harris...
Category
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Materials
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20th C. Figurative Abstract Painting Cleveland School African American Artist
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993)
Untitled
Oil on canvas board
Estate stamped #611 verso
24 x 18 inches
Charles Elmer Harris was born in 1917 in Cleveland, Oh...
Category
20th Century American Modern Beni E. Kosh Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Surrealist rendering of Pyramids at Giza with alligator)
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Surrealist rendering of Pyramids at Giza with alligator)
watecolor and gouache on paper, 1960
Unsigned
Beni Kosh estate stamp No. 717 verso, unsigned.
(see photo)
Condition: Minor condition issues
minor folds
Not objectionable
Image/Sheet size: 18 1/4 x 24 inches
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Bingham Vance, Shaker Heights...
Category
1960s Surrealist Beni E. Kosh Paintings
Materials
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Still Life with Fruit and a Pitcher
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Estate stamp verso: Beni E Kosh Collection #436
Frame: 22-1/4 x 16-1/2 x 1-5/8"
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Pink & Purple Geometric Abstraction, Cleveland School African American Artist
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
Charles Elmer Harris/Beni E. Kosh (American, 1917-1993)
Geometric Abstraction, 1969
Oil on masonite
Signed and dated lower right
15 x 24 inches
17 x 25.5 inches, framed
Could benefi...
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1960s Beni E. Kosh Paintings
Materials
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