Eugene Gustavovitch Berman [1899 – 1972]
American/Russian Surrealist
Les sous l’orage [The Storm], 1928
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches
Initialed and dated lower left: ‘EB1928’.
Artist name, location painted, date, and titled on verso center top canvas: ‘E Berman / Paris 1928 / Les sous l’orage [The Storm]’.

Marking Type: Verso white printed stretcher label with pencil handwriting.
Location: At verso stretcher top right.
Text: ‘FAILLEUR Fils – Garde-Meuble / Berman / J? J?’.

Marking Type: Verso marker writing.
Location: At verso stretcher top left at an angle.
Text: ‘264 / [line] / 3423-‘

Marking Type: Verso torn white label with printed border and marker written information.
Location: At verso stretcher top middle.
Text: ‘E 5? / N 41 ? / Loray? ‘.

Marketing Type: Verso white label with printed double border and faded pencil writting.
Location: At verso stretcher right.
Text: ’23?’.

Marking Type: Verso stretcher stamp.
Location: At verso stretcher right.
Text: ‘851?’.

Marking Type: Verso stretcher stamp.
Location: At verso stretcher top center.
Text: ‘3?7?1?’.

Marking Type: Verso stretcher writing in red pencil or chalk.
Location: At verso stretcher center left.
Text: ’34 / ES-SP’.

Marking Type: Verso stretcher writing in pencil.
Location: At verso stretcher left top.
Text: ‘H? Hensen? Voit?’.

Marking Type:Verso stretcher writing in marker or black paint.
Location: At verso canvas obscured by bottom stretcher.
Text: ‘[illegible]’.