Robert Benjamin "Window Rock" Arizona Signed Original Lithograph Unframed

Description

Limited edition lithograph art print of a famous rock formation in Arizona on BFK Rives paper by American artist Robert … more Limited edition lithograph art print of a famous rock formation in Arizona on BFK Rives paper by American artist Robert Benjamin. Hand signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. Unframed. Size: 19" x 28". Edition size of 75. Circa 1980s. Condition : mint. Certificate of Authenticity & appraisal is included. MAKE AN OFFER!

The "Window Rock" lithograph is in the Navajo Tribal Museum, Window Rock, AZ as well as the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ.

Artist bio:

Robert L. Benjamin, New Mexico resident since 1971. Bob spent his formative years in northeastern Ohio, receiving encouragement and strong interest in the visual arts at an early age from his mother, executing his first oil painting at the age of ten.

Bob won several state and national awards for commercial design while still in high school, including a journalism award for editorial cartooning from Kent State University. Upon graduation from Alliance High School he was accepted by the Ivy School of Professional Art, Pittsburgh. After several years of study, while Bob availed himself of the many cultural amenities of Pittsburgh, he began to visualize a more expansive natural setting as inspiration for his fine art. At this juncture he began to take a serious look at the southwest.

Arriving in New Mexico in fall of 1971, Bob worked as a graphic designer and illustrator, continuing to develop his stylistic approach. He worked briefly in a frame shop, receiving framing services in lieu of pay. In 1976, Bob began working under the direction of Master Printer, Ben Adams, at Western Graphics Lithography Studio. He assisted many notable artists in preparing their drawings for printing. At this same time, he printed a number of his own lithographs, selling entire editions of contemporary southwestern handpulled original prints to a national distributor, American Designs, Ltd. Bob’s fine art prints sold widely throughout the United States to institutions and private collectors alike.

Many of Bob Benjamin’s lithographs are in the permanent collections of museums. A national traveling exhibit, “Lithography in New Mexico“, curated by the Museum of New Mexico featured one of his prints. The New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; the Roswell, New Mexico, Museum and Art Center; and the Navajo Tribal Museum, Window Rock, Arizona; have Bob’s lithographs in their permanent collections. He is represented in the collections of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport; the University of New Mexico Medical Center Cancer Research and Treatment Facility, Albuquerque; the Smithsonian Institution National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington D. C. ; The Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque; and other public and private collections. less