Artwork copyright Max Benjamin. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2014.

Artwork copyright Max Benjamin. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2014.

12/74, 1974

Max Benjamin
American (born 1928)

Location: Medical Lake Middle School, Medical Lake

About the Artwork

12/74 is a colorful abstract painting by artist Max Benjamin. The title refers to December, 1974. 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 Medical Lake School District.

About the Artist

Northwest artist Max Benjamin creates expressive landscape and abstract paintings.

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.