Note 1) The following biographical materials are taken from “The Artists of Washington, D.C. 1796-1996” by Virgil E. M McMahan: Wagner was a painter and etcher born in Rockville, Maryland in 1878. He studied art at the Art Students League in New York, the Corcoran Gallery School of Art, Washington and in Paris. Wagner subsequently studied privately with the French artist, Paul Pascal, while he was a resident of Washington, D.C. Wagner was active in Washington, D.C., as an artist, until at least 1953, exhibiting with the Washington Water Color Club, serving on the governing board thereof in 1928, and the Society of Washington Artists. Reproductions of his exhibited works were reproduced in the Society's exhibition catalogues in 1932 and 1935. He also exhibited with the American Water Color Society, the Salmagundi Club in New York, the New York Watercolor Club, the Landscape Club of Washington, D.C., the Southern States Art League, Maryland Institute. Wagner also exhibited at the Greater Washington Independent Exhibition in 1935. He received awards from the Tampa Art Institute (1928) and the Florida Federation of the Arts (1928, 1931 and 1932). Wagner also taught art in Washington, D.C., the Damariscotta Summer School in Maine and the St. Petersburg Winter School of Art in Florida.

Note 2) The foregoing relatively impressive Wagner biographical information, which makes clear that Wagner was a very prominent Washington, D.C. artist in the early 20^th Century, and the fact that this painting is a well-executed historical, realistic depiction of American Indians standing before tumultuous, rushing water at the base of the Passamaquoddy Falls, Maine; is an interesting composition; is painted from an elevated perspective, which has strong, bold coloring; and is esthetically appealing; in good condition; and attractively framed, renders the presale estimate of $300-$500 appropriate.