The following biographical materials are taken from the Askart.com website:

“[Weisman was born] in Schenectady, NY on Feb. 17, 1907. Weisman settled in Los Angeles in the 1920's. H e studied there at Chouinard Art School, Art Center School, and with Murphy, Hinkle, Barse Miller, Sheets and others. While working in commercial art, he continued to produce fine art. During WWII he was a technical illustrator for Douglas Aircraft Corporation; from 1946-49 he was a matte shot artist at MGM, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Brothers Studios. He was an instructor at Hollywood Art Center School in the early 1950's and retired from teaching in the Los Angeles public school system in the late 1960's. Weisman continued to be active as an artist until his death in Los Angeles on Sept. 19, 1994. His early works are depictions of broken-down buildings and back alley scenes of Los Angeles; he later painted southwestern landscapes, figurative subjects, and portraits.

EXHIBITIONS:

Laguna Beach AA, 1930-38; Calif. WC Society, 1930-33; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1930-38; San Diego FA Society, 1931-40; Oakland Art Gallery, 1933-38; Santa Cruz Art League, 1933-38; Calif. State Fair, 1936 (2nd prize), 1939 (3rd prize), 1940 (1st prize); Chamber of Commerce (Santa Paula), 1937; LACMA, 1930, 1933, 1937; Art Center School (LA), 1932; GGIE, 1939; Pasadena Art Inst., 1943; Santa Barbara Museum, 1987; Downey (CA) Museum, 1988, 1989.

COLLECTIONS:

Manual Arts and Metropolitan High Schools (Los Angeles).

SOURCES:
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940; interview with the artist or his/her family; American Art Annual, 1933; Who's Who in American Art, 1936-62; Who's Who in California, 1942; Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, 1951.”

Together with the foregoing considerations, Askart.com records only one oil painting by Weisman sold between 1994 and 2012, a relatively boring still life of a vase of flowers, which brought $663. This work is a simple composition, was executed much later in Weisman's career, and is painted in a linear, almost photorealistic style that is not as aesthetically pleasing as the present lot. These still life works were painted c. 1930, are believed by Mr. Fastov to be more aesthetically appealing, and exceptionally valuable because they are a pair. Moreover, they retain their original, period gold frames. The few other Weisman works that have sold, per Askart.com, all sold in 1993, and only one oil painting, a landscape, sold for $715. This work is smaller than the present pair and is not illustrated in Askart.com. For all the foregoing considerations, presale estimates in the range of $1,500-$3,000 are reasonable and justifiable.