Spruance, Benton Murdoch "Anabasis 3"

Benton Murdoch Spruance (1904-1967). “Anabasis 3.” 

1957.  14 1/2 x 20 7/8.  Lithograph.  Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist.  Edition 40.  Very good condition.  Fine & Looney: 383.   

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