gelatin silver prints
sheet (largest): 9 3/8 x 12 inches
mount (each): 11 1/8 x 15 1/2 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500
Price Realized:
$188
Includes buyer's premium
from the Collection of Joyce Kootz widow of renowned gallerist Sam Kootz
the group is overall in good condition: the print that shows Picasso and four other individuals observing a sculpture has five faint scratches varying in length: one begins lower left, one begins at the center left edge, one is below Picasso's knee, one is at the bottom center edge and one is to the upper center left; the print that shows a woman wearing a necklace while Picasso and three other figures observe has two faint impressions to the bottom of Picasso's shirt and to the paper on the table
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.