Capriccio with the Baptistry and Leaning Tower of Pisa

Artist Eugene Berman American, born Russia, 1899 - 1972

Date1951

MediumLithograph on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 17 x 12 5/8 in. (43.2 x 32.1 cm)
Image Size: 13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (33.3 x 24.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Marshall Ford

Object number2012.4.4

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SignedEdition signed in pencil, cursive, underlined, LR: "E. Berman 1951"

InscribedLower left, below image: "46/100." Lower left corner of paper: "46."

MarkingsBelow main image but printed with it is the artist's monogram composed of his initials "EB" (the letter E backwards) in a shaped rectangle imitating an ornamental plaque with the date 1951 slightly below and flanking; the19 in front of initials and 51 after them. Embossed/blindstamped into paper, lower left: a symbol that looks like the letter k inside a circle inside a square, possibly the the printer's insignia Label on backing paper: "Riverside Gallery & Gifts/2 Elm St. Warrensburg, NY/(518) 623-2026."

DescriptionFor associated exh catalogue see 2012.4.3 Domed structure on a hill, with leaning tower (like Pisa) in the left background. Plaza in foreground with several figures standing or in motion, lines of bollards leading up the slope to the dome.ProvenanceHugh Allen Wilson
Saratoga Springs, NY, Marshall Ford
2012, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust