Eugene Berman
(American/Russian, 1899-1972)
The Balloon Vendor (Luna Mexicana y los Globos), 1949
oil on canvas
initialed EB and dated (lower center); initialed, dated August-October 1949, titled, and inscribed L.A. (on the reverse)
30 x 25 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.

Framed: 35 x 30 inches.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is not lined; slight canvas distortion in each corner; pinpoint paint losses scattered throughout the balloons; one pinpoint paint loss in upper center of wall, as well as one pinpoint paint loss in the sack held by the man on the left; two pinpoint paint losses in the lower right corner. Under UV light: inpainting around the tip of the right-most spire, as well as in the spire and wall ledge to the right; a small balloon on the right has inpainting; areas of of inpainting to several of the bricks in the center of the wall; lines of inpainting around the staff and a balloon in the lower center; lines within the wall's brickwork have been strengthened in scattered areas. Additional images available upon request.