watercolor on paper
sheet: 18 x 24 inches
Estimate: $500 - $800
Price Realized:
$875
Includes buyer's premium
frame dimensions: 24 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 1 1/2, aluminum frame with acrylic glazing
from the Collection of Joyce Kootz widow of renowned gallerist Sam Kootz
in very good condition, light crease to lower right corner, has not been examined outside of frame
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.
