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 rare monotype was executed in 1907 and is one of his very early works, that Walkowitz executed when he returned in 1907 to the U.S., after studying at the Academie Julian in Paris in 1906, where he was exposed to the avant-garde ideas of the artists active in Paris. According to a Walkowitz biographer, Martica Sawin: “Walkowitz regarded his work prior to 1920 as the most significant period of his art.” In his doctoral thesis on Walkowitz, Dr. Theodore W. Eversole observed: “Walkowitz laid claim to being the first to exhibit truly Modernist paintings in the United States. After 1909, he became an intimate of Alfred Stieglitz' 291 Gallery, and whilst there became a participant in the debate over Modern Art in America. Walkowitz was an outspoken proponent of the continuous experimentation in the arts, which was his definition of Modernism….[B]y the time of the Armory Show of 1913 to which Walkowitz contributed several paintings, his work was widely known to both fellow Modernists as well as their opponents. Walkowitz was clearly part of the new vocabulary of American art and criticism.” Walkowitz exhibited in the early 20th Century with many major New York City art galleries including Haas Gallery, 291 Gallery (numerous times), Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery and Kraushaar Galleries. See askart.com for a listing of the 42 American museums, including virtually every major art museum, which own works by Walkowitz and for three biographies of Walkowitz.

Note 2) The foregoing considerations and the following Artprice.com records regarding Walkowitz sales warrant the conclusion that the presale estimate of $1500-2500 is reasonable and justifiable.

Title/Subject: Mostly Images Of Nudes, 1908-1909 Signed, dated and numbered # 88. Monotype. Measurements not given. sold for $1,400 on 9/21/2010 at Swann Galleries, NYC

Title/Subject: Coney Island Signed, dated, titled and inscribed “color monotype.” 5 7/8 in. x 9 in. sold for $2,400 on 6/8/2006 at Swann Galleries, NYC

Title/Subject: The Bathers #4, c. 1910-1920. Signed. Monotype (in colors)/Japan. 8 5/8 in. x 13 3/8 in. sold for $1,700 on 11/4/2004 at Swann Galleries, NYC