View of the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Rome
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: 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (36.2 x 26 cm)
Image Size: 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (36.2 x 26 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Marshall Ford
Object number2012.4.5
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Works on Paper
SignedIn pencil, cursive and underlined in LR: "E. Berman 1951."
InscribedEdition number in pencil, LL: "79/100." On verso, lower left: "A-93."
MarkingsEmbossed/blindstamped into paper, lower left: a symbol that looks like the letter k inside a circle inside a square, possibly the printers mark. Label on backing paper: "Riverside Gallery & Gifts/2 Elm St. Warrensburg, NY/(518) 623-2026."
DescriptionFor associated exh catalogue see 2012.4.3. A circular brick structure in left foreground looks like the ruins of a cylindrical tower. A figure at the top has its back to viewer, gazing at a planetary body in the sky. Pyramid in the center background. Cyprus trees and one tall, thin tree with top-heavy foliage.Exhibition HistoryWest Meets East: Prints from the Permanent Collection, Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, November 4, 2018 - December 30, 2018ProvenanceHugh Allen Wilson
Saratoga Springs, NY, Marshall Ford
2012, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
