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7:30 AM PT - Feb 25th, 2007

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Benny Andrews African American Artist Sign/Numbere

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  • ARTIST -Benny Andrews
  • TITLE -Top of the World
  • DATE -1977
  • MEDIUM -Etching
  • SIGNED -Pencil Signed - Lower Right
  • NUMBERED -Pencil Numbered from an edition of 100 pieces - Lower Left
  • DIMENSIONS -29 X 21 in.
  • CONDITION -Excellent Condition, not examined outside of the frame.

  • ARTIST'S BIO -
    African-American artist Benny Andrews was born in Madison, Georgia on November 13, 1930. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Chicago Art Institute in 1958. He served as the Director of the Visual Art Program at the National Endowment for the Arts from 1982-84. Known for his collage works as well as sculpture, illustrations, drawings, paintings, and prints, he is also a writer and critic and was a professor at Queens College in New York. His work is part of the permanent collections of: the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Brooklyn Museum in New York; the Detroit Institute of Art; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta; the Hirshbom Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.; the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia; the Butler Institute of Art in Youngstown, Ohio;and the O'Hara Museum in Tokyo.


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