Lot 52
  • 52

Eugene Berman

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Eugene Berman
  • Tromp L'Oeil
  • Signed E. Berman and dated 1937 (lower right); signed again, dated New York, Janvier - Fevrier 1937 and titled (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 24 by 32 in.
  • 61 by 81.3 cm
  • Painted in 1937.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clifford, Rock Rose, Randor, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Private Collections: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Madeira, Mrs. John Wintersteen, Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Wolgin, 1970, n.n.

Condition

Oil on canvas, not lined. The canvas is slightly slack on the stretcher. Surface in generally good condition. Scattered fine craquelure. A few scattered small losses, primarily at upper center. Some surface dirt. Under UV light; scattered areas of inpainting visible.
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