TWO PIECES IN THIS LOT (A) Kite Fliers, c. 1950, oil on canvas, 24 x 16 in (61 x 40.6 cm), signed lower right , (B) Self Portrait, circa 1950, Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in (40.6 x 30.4 cm), signed lower right ("Lenson"),PROVENANCE: From the Steven and Stephanie Wasser Collection (Wellesley, MA.). Assembled from 2003-2013 focusing on the experience of being an American through the eyes of Jewish American artists working between 1925-1950. Many pieces in the collection were featured in an exhibition of the National Museum of American Jewish History (Philadelphia, PA.). http://www.theartblog.org/2013/04/jewish-artists-in-america-1925-45-at-the-national-museum-of-american-jewish-history-adversity-low-wages-and-the-capitalists-laugh/