The following description for has been prepared entirely by the current owner, Roberts S. Fastov, Esq., and, at the collector’s request, has not been edited by Sloans & Kenyon

Note 1): This painting was painted in 1898, shortly after the records suggest that Annie Taverner first became active and exhibited in 1897. Unfortunately, this gifted female artist died only 16 years after this painting was executed. Her good art works are now known to be very rare, and this is a very large (38 in. x 28 in.) and beautiful study of a lovely young damsel; dressed in a lovely gossamer white dress. This study of a woman in a white dress, reflects the popularity of women dressed in white as a subject of paintings c. 1900, which remains very popular with the art market today. It combines an almost pre-Raphaelite rendering of the face, with the rest of the composition in a misty, translucent Impressionism. Taverner's subtle Impressionist glazing of the translucent pink drape is well-executed and appealing. This Taverner painting is very unique, compelling, beautiful and interesting, and it is in a period gold frame. It has been recently cleaned. Because of these considerations and because he believes that the exceedingly good quality of Taverner's artistic skills and techniques and her manifest ability to produce a very original and complex composition, Taverner will be recognized by the art market and community as being highly collectible. The rarity of Taverner's mature work, attributable to her untimely and early death, will contribute to the strong increase in the economic value of her few paintings. Thus, Mr. Fastov believes that the above presale estimate of $4,000-$8,000 is reasonable and justifiable, and based on the high quality of the painting, as opposed to the fact that Annie Taverner is not a “household word” and is currently relatively unknown in the art market and community, because of her early death.