The following description 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): Wang, who is Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri, has received a significant number of awards and prizes, including the following: 2007 Sep., Scholar/Artist Award, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO 2006 Dec., Finalist, The Artist's Magazine 23th Annual Art Competition; 2001 December, An Award of Excellence, Art St. Louis XVII, Art St. Louis, St. Louis; 2000 Dec.; Bob and Sara Davies Merit Award, 50th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN; 1999 Sep., Award of Excellence Prize, Forte Cup 20th Century Asian Pacific Art Competition, Asian Pacific Art Institute of America, Forte International Inc., Ellicott City, MD; 1998 Dec., Governor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching 1998, Office of the Governor, Jefferson MO; 1991 Apr.; Second Prize in Drawing, 25th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Corpus Christi, (TX, p.); 1991 Jan. First Prize, Portrait Competition; 1991, St. Louis Artists'' Guild, St. Louis, MO; 1991 Apr., First Place in Oil Painting, 7th Annual Garret Gallery National Juried Exhibition, St. Louis, MO; 1990 Jan. First Prize, Portrait Competition 1990, St. Louis Artists'' Guild, St. Louis, MO.

Note 2) See Askart.com for Shang’s biography and Wang’s website, http://www.victorwang.net, for additional information concerning his personal history, including his early years in China, where he was born (but does not provide the year of his birth); his education; the 17 almost annual solo exhibitions from 1988-2010 he has been given by a wide variety of commercial art galleries; the 19 artists group exhibitions, in which he has participated in every year from 1990-2010; and 17 reviews of his art from 1991-2008. This website displays a significant number of his paintings. The reader will note that Wang’s style of painting has significantly changed since the early work that is being offered in this and the succeeding lot, which are very esthetically pleasing, but the style and technique are different. If the reader goes to the website of Odon Wagner Gallery, http://www.odonwagner.com, he or she will see that as of September 15, 2012, of the 5 Wang paintings that it is offering for sale, 4 are priced at between $10,001-$20,000 and 1 is being offered at in excess of $20,000. Another, sixth painting in this group, was sold for between $10,001-$20,000. The foregoing considerations warrant the conclusion that the presale estimate of $3,000-$4,000 is reasonable and justifiable.