• oil on canvas, 1948
• signed with initials and dated upper center recto
• also signed, titled, dated, and inscribed E.B. Los Angeles Oct Nov Dec 1948 La Torre de S. Cristobal The Tower of Saint Christopher verso
• canvas size 40" x 32" (101.5 x 81.2 cm.)

In 1947 and 1948, Berman received Guggenheim Fellowships allowing him the opportunity of traveling to Mexico where he toured and drew extensively. Berman returned to Los Angeles in 1948 and 1949 where he painted the oil paintings of his now well known Mexican Series.