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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.207
People
Eugene Berman, American (St. Petersburg, Russia 1899 - 1972 Rome, Italy)
Title
Two Girls at the Gate
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Dos Ninos bajo un Rebozo / The Wall of Diamonds
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1948
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309296

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, watercolor, and white gouache on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, center: E.B. 1948; l.l.: Sept 10
  • inscription: formerly on backing, black ink, Spanish: Dos Ninos bajo un Rebozo, 1948. [this inscription not found 2/97]
  • inscription: formerly on backing, graphite, English: The Wall of Diamonds [this inscription not found 2/97]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus, Dallas, Texas, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.207
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), repr. in b/w p. 132

Verification Level

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