Island Beach Ferry, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 1/4 in (60.9 x 92 cm), signed upper right ("S. Simkhovitch 40"), 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/