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Prints by Benton Spruance

Benton Murdoch Spruance (1904-1967) was an artist and art teacher. His most notable artistic achievements were his strong and dramatic lithographs. In the 1920s and 1930s Spruance produced realistic, black and white images, later turning to more metaphysical themes and the use of colored lithography. References to Ruth E. Fine & Robert F. Looney's The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance. A Catalogue Raisonne.

"Head -- Jean Tompkins." 1938. 20 x 15 1/2 (sheet). Lithograph. Signed in pencil. Edition: 12. Fine and Looney: 149. $750
"Of Course He Will Come." Recorded by Fine & Looney with the additional legend, "Vanity of Hope." 1949. 18 7/8 x 13 1/4. Edition 40. Numbered lower left: 26/40. Signed lower right, "Spruance" and "BS." Full margins with small section of old tape at extremities; mat burn. Else fine. Four colors. Fine & Looney, 277. $350
"Anabasis 3." 1957. 14 3/4 x 20 13/16. Lithograph. Edition: 40. Signed in pencil. Fine and Looney 383. $1,100
"Moby Dick. The Passion of Ahab." Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1968. Portfolio of 26 color offset lithographs with text by Lawrance Thompson. Sheet size: 16 x 22. Edition: 450. Very good condition in clean portfolio. Title page professionally conserved. Ref: Variant of Fine & Looney: 492-97 and 504-29. $1,600

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