Painter Abraham Walkowitz with a Portrait of Himself 1

Painter Abraham Walkowitz with a Portrait of Himself 1

This image shows the artist Abraham Walkowitz seated in front of a portrait painting of himself. It is one of several images taken of Walkowitz portraits, some showing the subject himself, posing with the paintings. 

Kosti may have taken on Walkowitz as an assignment in 1944 when the Brooklyn Museum presented the show "One Hundred Artists and Walkowitz", which was written up by Time Magazine in an article entitled "Art: Walkowitz X 130" (Feb. 21, 1944).  It described Walkowitz' exhibit as an "...unusual one-man show...--130 portraits of himself by 109 U.S. artists... ."