Description: PAINTING BY ETTA CIEN BENJAMIN. Vintage Etta Cien Benjamin Hillside Original Oil Paining. Estacien J. Benjamin was a Mid-Century abstract Artist (1924-2009). Her paintings are usually signed "Cien" or "Etta". Her titles do not have names, they are numbered. This art work is: 352. Since her passing her paintings especially those with the Hillside House name and numbers have become quite collectible. The painting has the original frame and measures 24"Hx20"W grabbed, the art itself is 17"Hx13"W Benjamin (1924-2009), also known as Etta Riva, Etta Estacien and Etta Cien Benjamin, was a business woman, vaudeville stage audio and lighting expert and an accomplished modern artist.Early life:Benjamin was was born Estacien Perkins in St. Louis, Missouri, to Ida née ? and Nat Perkins, who were of Polish/Russian decent. She met her future husband Le Roy Benjamin, a marionettist, on a blind date, and they married in 1946.Career:Etta managed the behind-the-scenes audio and lights production for the Le Roy Brothers Marionettes (1939-1955) and vaudeville acts. The marionettes included life-like comedians and actors: humorous Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante performing with piano, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; and drummer Gene Krupa.After the birth of their son, the Benjamin family moved to Hollywood and opened a framing store and art gallery, "Hillside House of Originals", selling their own sculptures and paintings. The business became wholesale, selling the Benjamins' art work to other stores, and then expanded to include home furnishings and other artists' work, imported and local, with showrooms in major metropolitan cities. The business lasted until the 1970's. The Benjamins then converted their art studio building into a production studio called the Burbank Media Center, which they rented to Black Entertainment Television (BET) for over 10 years.Benjamin's mid-century modern style artwork has become very collectible.
Price: 450 USD
Location: Noblesville, Indiana
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Artist: Etta Cien
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1960
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Size: Large
Item Height: 24 in
Style: Abstract
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Framing: Framed
Item Width: 20 in
Subject: Farming, Figures, Landscape