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Artist: Charles Harris AKA Beni Kosh
Surrealist landscape with animal and figures
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Surrealist landscape with doorway, animal and figures Watercolor on heavy paper, n.d. Unsigned Stamped with the artist's estate stamp (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist R...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Charles Harris AKA Beni Kosh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Surrealist landscape with organic shapes
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Surrealist landscape with organic shapes Watercolor on paper, 1960-1970 Signed CE Harris lower right corner (see photo) Stamped with the artist’s estate stamp verso (see photo) Reference: Beni Kosh Collection Estate Stamp #705 Provenance: Estate of the artist A wonderful example by one of the few African American Surrealist painters. “An African-American born Charles E. Harris, the name under which he painted until the early 1960s when he took the name of Kosh. His paintings span the period 1949-71, and reflect abstract and surreal figurative subjects which include Cleveland street scenes, jazz clubs, and depictions of Christ.” Courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Art “Beni E. Kosh was born as Charles Elmer Harris, in Cleveland Ohio. He changed his name in the 1960’s, which translates to “Son of Ethiopia”. He rarely exhibited or sold his work and was affiliated with the African-American artists’ “Sho-nuff Art Group” and the Karamu House and studied under Cleveland artist Paul Travis. His style is very diverse and he experimented with Cubism, portraiture and abstractions in series. His paintings span from 1949 – 1971, and reflect abstract and surreal figurative subjects, which include Cleveland street scenes, jazz clubs, and depictions of Christ. He received little recognition during his lifetime and was only “rediscovered” literally days after his death when hundreds of his paintings were rescued by an art dealer.” (Courtesy Pennsylvania Art...
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20th Century Surrealist Charles Harris AKA Beni Kosh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstraction)
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
aka Beni Kosh Untitled (Abstraction) Watercolor on paper, 1970's Unsigned Ben Kosh Estate Stamp verso, No. 754 Condition: Very good Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 9/16 inches Provenance: Estate the Artist Bingham & Vance, Shaker Heights...
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1970s Abstract Charles Harris AKA Beni Kosh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Surrealist landscape with skull and red daisy
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Surrealist landscape with skull and red daisy Watercolor on paper, 1960-1970 Unsigned Stamped with the artist's estate stamp verso (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Refere...
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20th Century Surrealist Charles Harris AKA Beni Kosh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

untitled (Reclining Female Nude)
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Aka Beni Kosh Still Life with Flowers Colored pencil on paper Unsigned Signed with the estate stamp on reverse (see photo) Estate No. 716 Condition: Soft fold through image, wri...
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1960s Contemporary Charles Harris AKA Beni Kosh Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

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