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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.309
People
Eugene Berman, American (St. Petersburg, Russia 1899 - 1972 Rome, Italy)
Title
Venetian Fantasy I
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1935
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308931

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash on yellow laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 32.2 x 26.2 cm (12 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: Genia
  • inscription: l.r., black ink, signed, in artist's hand: Merry Christmas and Happy New / Year / Genia / New York Dec 1935

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Eugene Berman, gift; to Mr. & Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr., New York, New York, 1935, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

NOTE: Provenance information supplied by the donor, see the letter from Mr. Askew dated 19 September 1972 in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr.
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.309
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Graphic Work of Eugene Berman (New York, NY, 1971), reproduced in b/w p. 23

Verification Level

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