GLEN COVE, NY.- Roland Auctions NY has announced its new collaboration with the iconic Phyllis Lucas Gallery in NYC, kicking off with The Phyllis Lucas Gallery Collection - Part I on Friday, March 3rd at 11am. Previews will be held on Wednesday, March 1st and Thursday, March 2nd, 10am - 6pm.
Roland Auctions NY will then offer this collection over several installments in the upcoming months, presenting the vast selection of original prints, lithographs, etchings and paintings from the archives of the legendary gallery, which famously had exclusive North American representation of all original Salvador Dali prints, starting back in 1965.
Along with the many rare original works by surrealist Salvador Dali, the massive inventory includes antique maps and illustrations, etchings and lithography, engravings, modern and contemporary fine art, photography, original paintings and vintage posters.
As many are aware, the Phyllis Lucas Gallery was at the forefront of the Manhattan art world for decades, dating back to 1928 when Sydney Lucas established the Phyllis Lucas Gallery in the heart of New York City. During the 30's and 40's the gallery was also a publishing house specializing in French etchings under the label "Paris Etching Society". Sydney Lucas contracted with French artists to publish editions of their work. After Sydney died in the mid 60's, his wife Phyllis carried on the family business, building on their collaboration with Salvador Dali, becoming the first North American publisher of his lithographs and published 26 editions of his images. Their partnership with Salvador Dali resulted in the extraordinary Lucas Collection of Dali Originals, published between 1965 and 1974, are considered among Salvador Dali’s best graphic works and grace the walls of museums and collectors worldwide. Dali, of course, was a frequent visitor to the Gallery and a close friend of Phyllis Lucas, who later died in 1995. Phyllis and Sydney’s son Michael Lucas then expanded the gallery's selection of contemporary paintings and fine art photography.
When Michael Lucas actually met his wife Rachel Newman at the Phyllis Lucas Gallery, the two married and were together right up until his passing in 2021. Since that time, Rachel Newman, herself an artist and collector has owned and operated the gallery. In preparation to now close the gallery, which had become a New York City institution in the art world all these years, Rachel Newman has entered into a new collaboration with William Roland, who co-owns family business Roland Auctions NY with his brother Robert Roland.
Roland will now oversee the highly-anticipated sale of the extensive archives, which includes original Lucas Collection of Dali Originals being sold individually and in sets, with their series of Phyllis Lucas Gallery auctions beginning on Friday, March 3rd.
Highlights in the initial March 3rd auction include an Adriaan Lubbers: "New York Hudson River" Painting, "Original oil painting by Adriaan Lubbers, signed and dated lower right, circa 1930-1950.Adriaan Lubbers was born in the Netherlands in 1892. Framed with the original Dutch frame. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Image size: Height: 25.25 in (64.14 cm); Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm). Outside size: Height: 30.625 in; Width: 26.5 in]. Estimate$2,500-$3,500, Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904 – 1989) Raphael: Le Mariage de la Vierge, Original lithograph after Raphael "Le Mariage de la Vierger", pencil-signed and numbered (232/350) original lithograph on Arches paper (with watermark) by Salvador Dali (published by the Phyllis Lucas Gallery, 1974. This lithograph is part of the Dali suite, Changes In Great Masterpieces, composed of six lithographs in which he reinterprets five paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Raphael, and Velasquez. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Image: 30" H x 15" W; Sheet: 35" H x 22" W]. Estimate $800-$1,200, a Robert Rauschenberg (1925 – 2008): Lithograph, 1979, Beautiful large original lithograph with rich color, depth, and interest? by Robert Rauschenberg titled "Most Distant Visible Part of the Sea", 1979. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Rauschenberg studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Académie Julian in Paris, France. Estimate $400-$600, a Kurt Schwitters: Collage. 1926, Dada composition with shipping labels, postage stamps and text (in German and Russian), signed on cardboard at lower left in pencil "K. Schwitters" and dated right "1926". Accompanied by a frame backing board from the Sidney Janus Gallery. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Art: 8" H x 5.13" W; Mount: 11.5" H x 9" W]. Estimate$1,000-$2,000 and an after Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Bacchanale - Collotype, 1967, from portfolio "La Flute Double," numbered edition (190/500) printed by Daniel Jacomet & Cie, 1967 in Paris on specially watermarked paper of A La Cuve du Moulin Richard de Bas. Collotype of Picasso's original watercolor and pen and ink done in 1955. With Picasso's green signature stamp. Unframed. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Image size: Height: 15.5 in; Width: 20.25 in. Overall: Height: 21.25 in (53.98 cm); Width: 16.25 in (41.28 cm)]. Estimate$200-$300.
Additional works will include a Jacques Villon: Le Dejeuner - Etching, 1929, "Lunch on the Grass" (Le De'jeuner sur l'herbe) is a famous etching replica of the famous painting with the same title by French artist Edouard Manet (1832-1883). Unframed. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Height: 20 in (50.8 cm); Width: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)]. Estimate $400-$600 and a J. Eiseman: Afro-Carribean Figures - Original oil on canvas painting of Afro-Caribbean figures drinking wine. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Art: 21.5" H x 13.5" W; Frame: 23" H x 15" W]. Estimate $600-$800.
**Please join us at Roland Auctions NY at 150 School Street in Glen Cove, NY for The Phyllis Lucas Gallery Collection - Part I on Friday, March 3rd at 11am. Previews will take place on Wednesday, March 1st and Thursday, March 2nd, 10am - 6pm.
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