Dec 14, 2017 - Sale 2465

Sale 2465 - Lot 197

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
EUGENE BERMAN.
"Scene II." Set design for an unrealized ballet production of Felix Mendelssohn's "Italian Symphony" under the direction of Col. W de Basil, 1939. Gouache, watercolor, pen and ink on black wove paper collaged to a larger sheet. 159x241 mm; 6 1/4x9 1/2 inches (irregular), laid to 9 1/4x12-inch sheet. Initialed and dated in central margin "E.B. 1939" and again in lower right image "E.B. 1949." Hinged to matte; framed with Knoedler & Co. Gallery label retained from original frame backing.