Ben Stahl Artist Charcoal "Nude Studies" Start Price USD 1,800.00 Current Price USD 1,800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 End Time Monday, September 01, 2008 Location Englewood, FL See more about 'Ben Stahl Artist Charcoal "Nude Studies"' Description Ben Stahl: #39 From sketchbook "Nude studies" 10x14 charcoal on paper. $1800.00  This piece is in good conditon but not framed, yet is signed.   I am trying my best with the photography.  There is a water spot that was made in the studio at the time of the drawing.  So let's say, it's a drop of Ben Stahl's sweat!  Ha.  I tried to make not so obvious as it looks worse in a photograph than in person.  But in doing so I blurred out other things so here is the best I have.   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 painting. Bio of artist Ben Stahl as 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. Ben Stahl also served as an official U.S. Air Force artist and as an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.  " Place a Bid!