On verso: "The Artist - Symeon Shimin. Born in Astrakhan, Russia, in 1902. Brought to the United States at the age of ten and became interested in art while yet a child. Principally sef-taught. Has traveled to Spain and France to study the works of El Greco, Cezanne and Picasso. In 1838 he was the winner of a national competition of the Section of Fine Arts to paint a mural in the Department of Justice Building in Wahisngton, D. C. Upon completion of this commission he was awarded another for a U. S. Post Office in Tonowanda, N. Y. He has exhibited by invitation in the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D. C., the U. S. S. Exposition in Guatamala, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Gallery of Canada."]]>