Note 1) This painting was in the collection of Mrs. Chester Dale, the famous modern art collector of the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s, whose husband gifted the National Gallery of Art with the collection of over 800 works of art amassed by Mrs. Dale and her husband, after his death in 1962. See Askart.com for basic Falls biographic facts. He was best known as an illustrator and for his portraits and graphics. This lot is a portrait study with a very disturbing edge in the visage of the Haitian man. See Askart.com for Falls’ Museum listings, which include the Brandywine River Museum, as Falls was a well-recognized illustrator. Only 5 works of art by Falls have come to auction, per Askart.com. None of them are directly relevant to this Falls' auction painting. His highest price at auction was $1,500 for the following lot:

Title/Subject: April Signed. Oil on canvas. 8.25 in. x 4.38 in. sold for $1,500 on 04/11/2011 at Sotheby’s, NY