In commemoration of the artist’s 100th birthday, Louis Stern Fine Arts is pleased to present Karl Benjamin: A Centennial Exhibition. On view are a selection of rare and early works from the 1950s, the decade that launched Benjamin’s (1925—2012) 45-year artistic career. This diverse and exploratory output set the stage for the innovative expressions of color and form that followed, and predicted his 1959 star turn as a founding member of the Hard Edge painting movement. The 50s saw the birth of what Benjamin called his “love affair” with painting: an earnest and joyous creative quest located at the intersection of intellect, impulse, and intuition.