Lot 119
Portrait of Pablo Picasso with Jane and Sam Kootz
Dimensions
image: 11 7/16 x 7 11/16 inches

sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16 inches

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Price Realized: $813
Includes buyer's premium

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About this Lot
Description
silver gelatin print with signature of Picasso and inscription dated 1959, featured in Scottish highland wear designed by his tailor Michele Sapone, outside of Villa la Californie, the negative most likely taken in 1957
Frame Information
frame dimensions: 15 x 12 3/4 x 3/4 inches, acrylic glazed frame
Provenance
from the Collection of Joyce Kootz widow of renowned gallerist Sam Kootz
Condition
overall in good condition, with toning throughout and light creases to corners, not examined out of frame
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Joyce Kootz

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Dr. Joyce Lowinson M.D. is a pioneer in the treatment of opioid addiction and the founding director of Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Division of Substance Abuse. Also known as Joyce Kootz, her husband, the late Samuel M. Kootz, was a New York City art dealer and author whose gallery was one of the first to champion Abstract Expressionist Art. During Samuel M. Kootz's career, he bought paintings directly from Picasso and exhibited work by Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, James Brooks, Giorgio Cavallon, Arshile Gorky, David Hare, Hans Hofmann, Ibram Lassaw, Herbert Ferber, Raymond Parker, William Ronald, Tony Rosenthal, Conrad Marca-Relli, Georges Mathieu, Emil Schumacher, Pierre Soulages, Kumi Sugaï, Zao Wou Ki, and others.