ARTIST: Albert Kotin (New York, 1907 - 1980)
TITLE: Nude
MEDIUM: graphite on paper
CONDITION: Two minor tears in the upper left quadrant. Some age toning. Framed under glass. Wear to frame.
ART SIZE: 17 x 10 inches / 43 x 25 cm
FRAME SIZE: 24 x 17 inches / 61 x 43 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
NOTE: has artist's estate stamp on verso
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 160011
BIOGRAPHY:
Albert Kotin (August 7, 1907 - February 6, 1980) was a Russian-born American abstract expressionist painter and a member of the early New York School.
Born in Minsk, Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States in 1908 and became a U.S. citizen in 1923. He studied at the National Academy of Design, with Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown, at several academies in Paris, and later with Hans Hofmann under the G.I. Bill.
He participated in the Federal Art Project (PWAP and WPA/FAP), completing two WPA murals for the Kearney, New Jersey, post office in 1938. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II (1941-1945).
After the war, he joined the Downtown Group and the Artists' Club. He was chosen by his peers to exhibit in the historic Ninth Street Show of 1951 and participated in all invitational New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals from 1953 to 1957.
Kotin was also a poet. Alexander Calder once wrote, "As long as there are people such as Al Kotin, there is no danger to art." He died of lung cancer in New York City in 1980.
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