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Eugene Berman

Eugene Berman

American, 1899–1972

WA-00026198

Mixed MediaExpressionismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

38

Institutional Exhibitions

123

Works in Collection

228

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1373050 ULAN500028943

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Painters for the Theater

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Gifts of Drawing

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973–1974

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Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and her Family

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970–1971

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Recent American Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

Field Verification (5 fields)

3 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%
LocationArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/502
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (123)

Pulcinella: costume design for Pulcinella

Pulcinella: costume design for Pulcinella

1972 · Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper

9 1/2 x 7 1/2" (23.5 x 18.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Cat. Costume design for the ballet Le Renard

The Cat. Costume design for the ballet Le Renard

1966 · Gouache, ink, and watercolor on paper

8 3/4 x 6 1/2" (22.3 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Costume design for the opera Otello (Othello)

1962 · Gouache, ink, and watercolor on paper

10 3/4 x 6 3/4" (27.3 x 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1957 · gouache

Sheet: 34.6 x 24.5 cm (13 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Viaggio in Italia

1951 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Verona

1951 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 38.8 × 29.7 cm (15 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 54.4 × 44.5 cm (21 7/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Verona

1951 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 38.8 × 29.7 cm (15 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 58.2 × 43 cm (22 15/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Verona

1951 · Lithograph in blue-green on cream wove paper

Image: 38.8 × 29.7 cm (15 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 45.5 cm (21 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Verona

1951 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 38.8 × 29.7 cm (15 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 56 × 45.5 cm (22 1/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Appian Way

1951 · Lithograph

composition: 14 x 10 3/8" (35.6 x 26.3cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 13 1/16" (45 x 33.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Italian Cityscape

1951 · Ink on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vaggio in Italia

1951 · 52 lithographs, 31 printed in black and 21 printed in color

irreg. page 19 15/16 x 15" (50 x 38.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The World of Silk

The World of Silk

1951 · Lithograph

24 7/8 x 17 7/8" (63.2 x 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Set design for Don Quixote

1950 · Ink on paper

6 1/8 x 10 1/4" (15.6 x 26.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Set design for Don Quixote

1950 · Ink on paper

6 3/4 x 10 3/8" (17.2 x 26.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancing Figures

1946 · Pen and ink with opaque watercolor on red paper

11 in. × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Baroque Stage Set (verso)

1945 · pen and ink

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Caryatids (recto)

1945 · brush and black, gray and yellow wash

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Caryatids (recto); Baroque Stage Set (verso)

1945 · brush and black, gray and yellow wash

Sheet: 31.5 x 24.4 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bella Venezia

1945 · Oil on canvas

88.9 × 116.9 cm (35 × 46 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Serpent à plumes

Serpent à plumes

1945 · Collage box

29.2 × 43.5 × 14 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Apse (in-text plate, page 18) from Viaggio in Italia

1945 · Lithograph

irreg. composition 4 15/16 x 11 1/8" (12.5 x 28.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Town (in-text plate, page 19) from Viaggio in Italia

1945 · Lithograph

irreg. composition 5 x 11 5/16" (12.8 x 28.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 20) from Viaggio in Italia

1945 · Lithograph

irreg. composition 4 3/8 x 9 5/16" (11.2 x 23.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

123 published of 225 catalogued · 33 with image

MoMA
102 publishedof 204 catalogued22 img
Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
The Met
5 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Napolitana
1957 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Caryatids (recto); Baroque Stage Set (verso)
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Caryatids (recto)
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Baroque Stage Set (verso)
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Viaggio in Italia
1951 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Bella Venezia (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bella Venezia (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements2

Expressionism Surrealism

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate