Gala 2025 Auction Lot 1: Albert KotinAlbert Kotin Minsk, Belarus 19071980 New York, NY Untitled, circa 1967 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 5 8 inches Value: $6,000 Courtesy of Hollis Taggart A core member of the New York Schools first generation of Abstract Expressionists, Albert Kotin enjoyed a prolific output in the 1950s as part of the Downtown Group, a circle of artists in lower Manhattan that included Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, and Jack Tworkov. Kotin was among the group of