Benjamin Miller. Born 1877.
[Eastern Scene]. 1926. Woodcut. 12 1/2 x 8 1/2(sheet 17 x 10 1/2). Edition 50, #5. A well-inked impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Miller's address stamp 'B. Miller 131 E. Third Street Cincinnati, O', verso. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. $125.
Banjamin Miller was a pintmaker, painter, educator. He received a B.S. at MIT and then studies at the Cincinnati Art School with Frank Duveneck. Exhibitions: American Federation of Art, 1929; Victoria and Albert Mueum; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, 1928; CM; CMA, 1929; CI; Norton Gal. A; Print Club, Phila., 1929 (prize), 1932, 1935 (prize); AIC, 1930; Philadelphia Art Alliance; Nat. Exh., Contemp. Prints, Sweden, 1937; Nat. Exh. Lith. and Woodcuts, NY, 1937; NAD, 1942; Tri-State Print Exh.,1945 (prize). His works is found in the New York Public Library; CM; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. Comments: Published in The Woodcut of Today at Home and Abroad; La Gravure Sur Bois Moderne de L'Occident; The New Woodcut; Ohio Art and Artist.
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