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EUGENE BERMAN | MERRY CHRISTMAS 1940
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EUGENE BERMAN (1899 - 1972) MERRY CHRISTMAS 1940Signed with the initials EBand dated 1940 (lower center); inscribed Merry Christmas (upper center) Watercolor, brush and ink and ink wash on paper9¼ by 6 in. (23.5 by 15.2 cm) Framed: 14 by 11½ in. (35.6 by 29.2 cm) Executed in 1940.We extend sincere thanks to Peter Sherwin for his kind assistance in authenticating the present work from photographs.
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The Sleep of Reason Part II: A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online
From Oct. 29, 2019 to Nov. 18, 2019 in New York
A FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
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A FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASEQING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD清康熙 五彩纏枝蓮紋開光山水花鳥博古圖棒槌瓶the cylindrical body rising to a straight neck and everted galleried rim, vibrantly painted with eight variously shaped cartouches enclosing scenes of a landscape, a crab, flowers amidst rockwork, antiques, and birds on branches, all against a meandering foliate lotus scroll, theshoulderwith a pair of sinuous mythical beasts on a similar ground, the neck with two rectangular cartouches depicting branches of peony andprunus reserved on a green 'fish roe' ground with stylized blossomsHeight 18½ in., 47 cm
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Important Chinese Art
From Sept. 23, 2020 to Sept. 23, 2020 in New York