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OBITUARY
Collector Sandy Grotta

In 1989, a stranger touched Gijs Bakker's arm at a retrospective of his work and commissioned several pieces from him. "I had no idea who this lady was, but she made an enormous and powerful impression on me, a lady who knew what she wanted!" remembers Bakker. She was the crafts collector Sandy Grotta, and she and Bakker would go on to become friends. She and her husband, Lou, began collecting in 1957. Sandy Grotta died in September 2021 at the age of 87.

Caption: Sandy Grotta wearing a necklace by David Watkins, a bracelet by Lisa Gralnick, and a ring by Alan Adler. A necklace by Laurie Hall hangs on the wall, photo: Tom Grotta
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