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      • Carl Benton Compton, Denton
        Apr. 19, 2023

        Carl Benton Compton, Denton

        Est: $600 - $800

        Carl Benton Compton Denton 1944 watercolor and gouache on paper 18.375 h x 24.25 w in (47 x 62 cm) Signed, titled and dated to lower right 'C.B. Compton Nov 14 1944 Denton'. Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

        Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
      • Carl Benton Compton (1905 - 1981) "Blue Horizon"
        Jan. 14, 2017

        Carl Benton Compton (1905 - 1981) "Blue Horizon"

        Est: $4,000 - $8,000

        Carl Benton Compton (1905 - 1981)"Blue Horizon". Compton was active/lived in Texas, Ohio / Mexico. Fourth Texas General Exhibition label from 1942 verso. Sight Size: 20 x 23.5 in. Overall Size: 30.5 x 34.5 in. Benton was an authority on the Tarascan art of Mexico and lived and traveled in Mexico for twenty-five years. He conducted archaeological tours of Mexico and served on the board of the Texas Archaeological Society. In the 1950s, on an archaeological expedition at Lake Lewisville near Denton, he discovered Indian hearth sites. Compton received a bachelor of arts from Notre Dame University in 1929. He studied the same year in Paris at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and in 1930 at the Academie Colarossi. In 1935, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Chicago. Compton studied education at Notre Dame (1935-36), followed by art study in Mexico (1937-39, 1941). He earned a master of fine arts at La Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes, and Dan Miguel de Allende, Mexico (1943). He studied at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (1943-44). His instructors included Emil Antoine Bourdelle and Boris Israelevich Anisfeld. Benton was an authority on the Tarascan art of Mexico and lived and traveled in Mexico for twenty-five years. He conducted archaeological tours of Mexico and served on the board of the Texas Archaeological Society. In the 1950s, on an archaeological expedition at Lake Lewisville near Denton, he discovered Indian hearth sites. Compton died at his home in Denton.

        Sarasota Estate Auction
      • Compton, Carl Benton
        Jan. 24, 2015

        Compton, Carl Benton

        Est: $7,000 - $12,000

        The White Haired Beast

        David Dike Fine Art
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