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A Reclining Benda Nude

Artist:Wladyslaw Benda
Date:c. 1920
Medium:Graphite with Silver Painted Highlights
Dimensions:Sight Size 16" x 19" Framed 25" x 29"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Likely Drawn as Fine Art
Price: S O L D

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Framed and silk matted behind glass in carved gold gallery frame
Framed and silk matted behind glass in carved gold gallery frame

This remarkable image features a nude reclining maiden by one of our favorite Golden Age illustrators W.T. Benda. A dazzling composition, an intricate and technically adept graphite drawing with silver glittery paint highlighting the subject’s hair and face. Signed lower right and beautifully framed and silk matted behind glass in a hand carved gold leafed basswood museum quality frame. This does not appear to be a preliminary work and was likely created as fine art–the detail, particularly on the face, is extraordinary.

Full view of mixed medium work before framing
Full view of mixed medium work before framing

Wladyslaw Teodor Benda (b. January 15, 1873 in Poznan, Poland – d. November 30, 1948 in Newark, New Jersey) was a Polish-American painter, illustrator, and designer.

Benda was educated in Kraków and Vienna. He emigrated to the United States in 1899 and became a U.S. citizen in 1911.

Benda’s exotic “Golden Beauty” Benda Girl illustrations often appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, and Vogue magazines. In addition to being an illustrator, he was also an accomplished mask-maker. Working in papiér-mâche, Benda’s masks ranged from startlingly lifelike to comically grotesque. His book on the subject, simply titled Masks, was published in the early 1940s.

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A Reclining Benda Nude

Artist: Wladyslaw Benda
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, fine art, Golden Age, maiden, nude, Wladyslaw Benda
Added to Gallery: August 6, 2013

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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