Artwork copyright Max Benjamin. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2013.

11/69, 1969

Max Benjamin
American (born 1928)

Location: Sunset Elementary School, Vancouver

About the Artwork

11/69 is a colorful abstract painting by artist Max Benjamin. The title refers to November, 1969. This was the month the artist completed the artwork in Anacortes, on Puget Sound in Western Washington.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Evergreen School District.

About the Artist

Benjamin graduated in 1954 from the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1959, he moved to Guemes Island in North Puget Sound, Western Washington, where he still lives. He was honored with a Washington State Governor's Arts and Heritage Award in 1998.