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Artist: Charles Harris AKA Beni Kosh
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
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