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Portrait

1952

Benton Murdoch Spruance

Associated Names

Benton Spruance

Artist, American, 1904 - 1967

The image shows a woman sitting at a table, depicted from the waist up. Her left arm is bent and resting on the table, while her right hand supports her head. Her face is visible, with eyes gazing to the side, red lips, and dark hair styled close to the head. She wears a white blouse with an orange scarf or detail around the neckline. The background is abstract, composed of soft, muted geometric shapes in shades of brown, green, and beige.

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Artwork overview

Medium

8-color lithograph
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1954.12.141
Catalogue Raisonné

Fine/Looney 1986, no. 304

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1986

Fine, Ruth and Robert F. Looney. The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1986.

Wikidata ID

Q65221640

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