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A Torso in a Half Reclining Position

Benjamin "Benno" Greenstein

American Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Surface Tension
MEDIUM Graphite on paper
DATES n.d.
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (26.4 x 19.7 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed in graphite, lower right: "Benj. Greenstein"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 38.186
CREDIT LINE Anonymous gift
PROVENANCE Prior to 1938, provenance not yet documented; by 1938, acquired by an anonymous collector; June 10, 1938, gift of an anonymous collector to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Surface Tension
CAPTION Benjamin "Benno" Greenstein (American, 1901–1980). A Torso in a Half Reclining Position, n.d. Graphite on paper, Sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (26.4 x 19.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 38.186. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.38.186.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.38.186.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 5/13/2009
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Benjamin "Benno" Greenstein (American, 1901–1980). <em>A Torso in a Half Reclining Position</em>, n.d. Graphite on paper, Sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (26.4 x 19.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 38.186. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.38.186.jpg)