Estimate: $100 - $200
Price Realized: $224 Includes buyer's premium
Pablo Picasso by Christian Zervos, published by Paris: Editions “Cahiers d Art”, incomplete set of the catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s works, after the editor’s death. The complete 34 volumes cover all of Picasso's works from 1895 to 1972. Each work is reproduced in black and white, this lot comprises volumes 1, 2*, 2**, 19, and 25
along with two volumes of Cahiers D'Art from 1947 and 1948
each: 12 3/4 x 10 inches
From the Estate of Joyce Kootz, wife of Gallerist Sam Kootz
in overall good condition, with some toning, some wear to covers, including minor losses, one volume with detached cover and lacking spine, some loose binding
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Dr. Joyce Lowinson M.D. was 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.
