Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) - Abstract Structure with Cup. Year: 1938, Medium: Gouache On Paper, signed lower right, Size: 12 x 9.5 in. (30.48 x 24.13 cm), Description: Benjamin Benno was a British-born American artist, best known for his Cubist and abstract works. This artwork is signed and dated. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the international avant-garde and exhibited with the most significant European artists including Paul Klee, Max Ernst, Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Hans Arp, and Fernand Léger. Pablo Picasso sponsored Benno’s first one-man show in Paris in 1934.
