ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAMUEL M. KOOTZ & DR. JOYCE LOWINSON KOOTZ
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

Elegy Black Black

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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Elegy Black Black
lithograph in black and white, on TGL handmade paper, 1983, signed in pencil, numbered 24⁄98 (there were also fourteen artist's proofs in Roman numerals), published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Bedford, New York, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, in very good condition, framed
Sheet: 15 1⁄8 x 37 7⁄8 in. (384 x 962 mm.)
Literature
Belknap 274; Engberg & Banach 309
Further details
During the production of El Negro, seven images were selected by Motherwell to be printed as separate editions. This is the fifth image in the book.

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Samuel M. Kootz was a New York City art dealer who played a key role in promoting American modern art over four decades, establishing the Kootz Gallery in 1945, which famously first showcased the Abstract Expressionist painters as a school. The gallery’s 1949 exhibition, The Intrasubjectives, featured major artists like Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Kootz also had close relationships with Pablo Picasso and Pierre Soulages, both of whom he represented and promoted in the U.S.

Dr. Joyce Lowinson was a pioneering psychiatrist in substance abuse treatment. She held key roles at Beth Israel, Bronx State Hospital, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1997, she was appointed by President Carter to the President's Strategy Council on Drug Abuse Prevention and Drug Traffic Control. Dr. Lowinson was the lead editor of Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook and received numerous honors, including the Norman Zinberg Award from Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry.

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