Lot 614: Dorothy Ochtman (American, 1892-1971), "Orchids", c. 1940; oil/canvas, 30" x 25", signed. Daughter

of painters, Leonard and Mina Ochtman. She exhibited as early as 1918 at the National Academy, and throughout the 1950s, there, and at the Corcoran Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Association of Women Artists. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927. She was best known as a still life painter.