What: Fine Art Auction benefiting Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast.
Where: The artful River Oaks home of Judy and Scott Nyquist.
The 411: Guests sipped wine and nibbled light bites from A La Carte Catering while strolling from room to room to view and bid on donated art treasures from well-known artists such as Patrick Hughes, Jim Dine, James Surls, William Wegman, MANUAL, Don Reitz and Joe Aker, who was on hand to share the story behind his iconic photograph "Lonely Road." The auction items were displayed among the Nyquists' own exquisite collection, generating lively conversation among the art lovers.
Presiding over the auction was Houston artist and philanthropist Kathryn Rabinow who, with her daughter Sarah Pesikoff, is chairing the "The Gala: For a Million Women, For a Million Reasons," benefiting Planned Parenthood, on Oct. 25 at the Hilton Americas-Houston. The Reitz and Surls sculptures were sold outright and Rabinow even received phone-in bids as the party progressed.
Who: The artistic crowd included Elizabeth Weingarten, Anne Chao, Beverly and Howard Robinson, David Haug, Page Kempner, Anne Tucker, Adam Newar, Eddie Allen, Ruth and Tom Dreesen, Carol Neuberger, Lois Stark, Leslie and Russ Robinson and Anne Graubart.
Elizabeth Weingarten, from left and Carol Neuberger.
