The Geri Brawerman Collection stands as both a testament to artistic brilliance and a reflection of a life lived with generosity, vision, and grace. Evoking the vibrant dynamism of Los Angeles, the collection brings together masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary art, Jewelry and Important Design, with striking coherence, weaving a dialogue between artists as diverse as Joan Miró, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, and Frank Stella. These works together mirror the spirit of a collector deeply attuned to the beauty of her surroundings and the cultural pulse of her city.

From healthcare to education, art to culture, Geri Brawerman devoted her life to enriching the lives of others. Her generosity continues to shape Los Angeles through the many institutions that bear her name — from the Geri & Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute at Cedars-Sinai, to the Brawerman Fellowship at the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, and the Brawerman Elementary Schools at Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Her legacy endures in the lives transformed by her vision, humility, and grace.

Highlights from the collection include Alexander Calder's L'Arlequin (1965) an exquisite example of the artist's revolutionary standing mobiles. Stretching over 70 inches and featuring seven angular elements cantilevered on a dynamic oblique base, L'Arlequin exemplifies the best of Calder's kinetic sculptures. The collection is further distinguished by one of Mark Rothko's acclaimed paintings on paper, Untitled from 1967, which is distinguished by the dramatic tension between its upper and lower registers: an ethereal white cloud hovers above an atmospheric black haze in perfect balance. Dating to the transformative period in the artist's mature career in which painting on paper became the central focus of the artist's practice, Untitled is a luminescent example of Rothko's work.

A veritable compendium of Modernism, the works collected by Geri Brawerman are further highlighted by Pablo Picasso’s Homme et femme. Têtes, an expressive dual portrait exhibiting the vitality and renewed vigor of the artist’s great late oeuvre. In dialogue with these works is Henry Moore’s masterful Working Model for Reclining Figure: Hand. Conceived in 1978, this form displays the British sculptor’s engagement with the natural world, extrapolating from organic materials like flint and bone while evoking a oneness with the human figure.

The Geri Brawerman Collection will debut at auction this November, with works offered across the Modern Evening Auction, Modern Day Auction, and Contemporary Day Auction. This will be followed by the Jewelry and Important Design sales in December, and finally by offerings in the Prints & Multiples and Contemporary Curated auctions in spring 2026.