Esphyr notes: “One of my special favorites.” See Sid Deutsch correspondence 4/6/90. In an interview: “one of my favorite pictures. Why, don’t ask me…the music, the whole thing. It is just like these fingers like feathers on the end…this is my favorite painting. As soon as I can, I’ll paint…one for myself” (Slobodkina Interview, March 26, 1991, Tape II, Side I).