Bidspirit auction | A. Benediksson Icelandic, mid-20th century,

A. Benediksson Icelandic, mid-20th century, Red - Full title: A. Benediksson Icelandic, mid-20th century, Red Mystery Mountain, 1964, Oil on Canvas, Signed Oil on canvas landscape by the Icelandic abstract artist A. Benediksson signed Benedikz, dated 1964. Titled Red Mystery Mountain on the original reverse label, the work measures 37 x 35.5 inches and depicts a dramatic, heavily impastoed red mountain mass rising against a dark sky, with a reflective body of water and richly colored terrain in the foreground. The expressive brushwork and intense palette evoke the ethereal quality of the Icelandic landscape. Signed lower right BENEDIKZ 64. Presented in a period gilt and black frame.