Venetian Fantasy I | Harvard Art Museums

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

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