When Benini started painting roses in the 70's, in Freeport, they were four to eight feet wide, monochromatic, full face roses that were exhibited in the United States and Europe. (In fact, at a show in Milan, an entire exhibition of Superposes were cut out of their frames and stolen, and listed with Interpol). Most are scattered in private and public collections worldwide, but some are reserved at The Benini Center for retrospective shows. In the 80's, Benini decided his favored symbol should be freed of the confines of the square canvas and he set it free, as if floating in the air.