Eugene Berman

Study for a Portrait
1941

A sketch of a woman in a flowing dress sitting on a parapet overlooking the sea, with a distant lighthouse and ships on the horizon. The scene is rendered in red tones with detailed line work, capturing the texture of the woman's dress and the bricks of the parapet.

A sketch of a woman in a flowing dress sitting on a parapet overlooking the sea, with a distant lighthouse and ships on the horizon. The scene is rendered in red tones with detailed line work, capturing the texture of the woman's dress and the bricks of the parapet.

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Date
1941

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 5/16in. (45.1 × 33.8 cm)

Accession number
2012.57

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dr. Richard and Carole Rifkind

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Eugene Berman
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