
The Sleep of Reason: A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online
Lot Closed
May 20, 04:18 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
EUGENE BERMAN (1899 - 1972)
STUDY FOR "JULIEN LEVY EXHIBITION TITLE PAGE"
Pen and ink and brush and ink on paper
Signed Eugene Berman and inscribed Julien Levy Gallery 602 Madison Avenue (lower center); inscribed Dessins Gouaches Aquarelles Théatre New-York and dated 1935-36 (upper left); inscribed 21 April - May 11. (upper right)
12½ by 9½ in. (31.7 by 24.1 cm)
Framed: 18¼ by 16½ in. (46.3 by 41.9 cm)
Executed circa 1934-36.
We extend sincere thanks to Peter Sherwin for his kind assistance in authenticating the present work from photographs.
Julien Levy, New York
Jean Levy, New York (by descent from the above and sold by the estate: Tajan, Paris, April 21, 2005, lot 349)
Gallery of Surrealism, New York
Acquired from the above on June 18, 2005
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Eugene Berman: Drawings, Paintings, 1936, n.n.