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)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Marshall Ford

Object number2012.4.5

On View

Not on view

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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, 2018
ProvenanceHugh Allen Wilson
Saratoga Springs, NY, Marshall Ford
2012, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust