A watercolor and gouache on paper painting by Eugene Berman, Russian, American, 1899 to 1972. The painting is titled: Leptis Magnus: Medusa E La Mano Sepolta (The Buried Hand), and depicts ruins of Leptis Magna, often considered one of the most beautiful cities of the Roman Empire, now in modern day Libya. Signed and dated 1969 on the lower center. Titled on verso. Provenance: Museum of Fine Arts, exhibition November 15 - January 3, 1971. The University of Utah. Eugene Berman was a painter and decorator and became known for his imaginary landscapes and for his Baroque stage set designs including for ballets and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In Russia he studied under P. S. Naumov and S. Grusenberg. In France, he became a leader among the Neo-Romantic artists, who defied the prevalent abstract movements including Cubism and Futurism and focused on expression of human emotion. He and his peers, including Georgio De Chirico, depicted a fantasy world of loneliness and isolation that existed only in their minds. One of a kind artwork. European Modernist Fine Art For Collectors.