BILLY AL BENGSTON (1934-2022) Birmingham Small Arms II (B.S.A.)
signed and dated 'B.A.B 1961' (lower center)
oil on canvas
42 x 40 in. (106.7 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
BILLY AL BENGSTON (1934-2022) Birmingham Small Arms II (B.S.A.)
signed and dated 'B.A.B 1961' (lower center)
oil on canvas
42 x 40 in. (106.7 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Estate of the artist Venus Over Manhattan, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016
Los Angeles, Ferus Gallery, An Exhibition of Recent Work by Billy Al Bengston, November-December 1961. Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery; Palm Springs Desert Museum; Purchase, Neuberger Museum and Pheonix Art Museum, L.A. Pop in the Sixties, April-July 1989. Venice, Palazzo Contarini dagli Scrigni, Venice in Venice, Glow & Reflection: Venice, Clairfornia Art From 1960, June-July 2011. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center, December 2011-February 2012, p. 136. New York, Venus Over Manhattan, Billy Al Bengston: My My B.S.A. 350CC Gold Star & Blues for Aub (get it?), September-October 2016.
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