Artist Ben Stahl Charcoal Pencil Study Start Price USD 1,200.00 Current Price USD 1,200.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 Location Englewood, FL See more about 'Artist Ben Stahl Charcoal Pencil Study ' Description This is an original signed Ben Stahl charcoal pencil study.  The title is Woman with Gold Coin and is an 8 x 7.  It is in a smoke free environment and in very good condition.  The signature does not show up on the photo, but it is definately visible. It is nicely framed and can be shipped or picked up in person in the Sarasota area. For interest purposes only, the other picture (which is not for sale or included) is the artist himself in front of a Ben Hur painting he was in the process of working on.   For more information on Ben Stahl look him up on the internet but be sure to include "artist" as there is more than one Ben Stahl.  Stahl was reknowned for his nude works of art and these are hard to come by.  Here is a bio of Ben Stahl taken from Wikipedia. "Ben Stahl (1910-1987) was an American artist, illustrator and author. He showed precocious talent, winning a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago at age twelve. His artwork appeared in the International Watercolor Show at the Art Institute when he was sixteen. He later taught at the Art Institute, as well as at the American Academy of Art, the Art Students League of New York, Brooklyn's Pratt Institute and at various universities. Stahl won many prizes, including the Saltus Gold Medal of the National Academy of Design. His work appeared in Women’s Home Companion, Cosmopolitan (magazine), American Artist, North Light, Esquire, the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Picture Post, Southwest Art and in some 750 stories in The Saturday Evening Post. He was featured in the 1976 television series Journey into Art with Ben Stahl, 26 half-hour programs consisting of lectures and painting demonstrations by the artist. Stahl was one of the founding faculty for the Famous Artists School. Stahl also produced advertising artwork for various companies, and posters for several movies, including Ben-Hur. He illustrated a number of books, including The Innkeeper's Wife by A.J. Cronin, a limited edition of Madame Bovary, and the 25th anniversary edition of Gone with the Wind. Stahl wrote two novels. Blackbeard's Ghost was published in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin, and made into a movie by The Walt Disney Company in 1969. The Secret of Red Skull, a sequel to Blackbeard's Ghost, was also published by Houghton Mifflin. " Contact me for more details and information.     Place a Bid!