Lot 57
Spanish (1881-1973)
Viasge et hibou (A.R. 407)
Medium

white earthenware vase, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze

Dimensions

height: 9 7/8 inches

Signature
stamped, marked and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu, Edition Picasso, Madoura, 48/200' underneath
Additional Info

conceived in 1958 and executed in a numbered edition of 200

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

Price Realized: $35,000
Includes buyer's premium

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Provenance

from the Collection of Joyce Kootz widow of renowned gallerist Sam Kootz

Condition

very light surface soil, minor chips to the foot, small scratch right side of owl's face, otherwise very good condition

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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.