Property from the Estate of Judie Weiss Formerly in the Collection of Moses Weiss, NYC(NY/Russian Federation, 1891-1971), Hot-Cha, Watercolor on Paper, signed lower left, depicting a clown and nudes in the theater, with 3 labels on the back from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Special Loan Exhibition of Contemporary American Water Colors, The Art institute of Chicago 19th International Exhibition of Water Colors 1940 and a Boyer Galleries, 730 Fifth Avenue label, matted and framed. Frame size: 28 1/2 in. x 32 3.4 in. By sight: H. 15 3/4 in. x W. 20 3/4 in. Josef Foshko was born in Odessa, Russia in 1895. He completed his courses at the Russian Imperial Art School with a Scholarship to study in Paris. During his eight years in France he exhibited in all the important salons. At the exhibition of the Des Artistes Independents, the famous collector Ivan Morosov included two of Foshko's paintings in his purchase of works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, and other avant-garde artists. These paintings are presently at the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow. Joseph Foshko arrived in this country in 1912.