Heritage Print Sale to Feature John Hutcheson Collection

On April 17th, Heritage is holding a print sale that includes the collection of print-maker John Hutcheson. Among the lots Heritage will offer is Lichtenstein’s 1994 Nude with Blue Hair, from Nudes (est. $300,000-500,000.)

“Hutcheson was a Master Printer in all of the traditional printing techniques, including etching, woodcut, lithography, silkscreen and papermaking,” Heritage Director Holly Sherratt said of the printer who worked with artists such as Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler and David Hockney. “During the 1980s, John Hutcheson ran his own workshop in the New York City area and developed personal relationships with hundreds of artists. His prints appear in private and museum collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Tyler Collection Archives in Australia, Japan, Singapore and Minneapolis.”

Other top lots from the Hutcheson collection include, but are not limited to:

• Frank Stella Pumpkin Moonshine, from Polar Coordinates II (variant), 1979 (est. $50,000-70,000)
• Joan Mitchell Sunflowers I (diptych), 1992 (est. $10,000-15,000)
• Frank Stella La Penna di Hu, from Italian Folktales, 1988 (est. $10,000-15,000)
• David Hockney Twelve Fifteen, 1991 (est. $8,000-12,000)
• Robert Motherwell Elegy Study I, 1989 (est. $8,000-12,000)
• Robert Motherwell Black Cathedral, 1991 (est. $8,000-12,000)
• Helen Frankenthaler Madame de Pompadour, 1985-90 (est. $4,000-6,000)
• Helen Frankenthaler Divertimento, 1983 (est. $3,000-5,000)
• Sam Gilliam Fire, Nile, and Composition (three works), 1972 (est. $2,000-3,000)

The 165-lot auction also includes works from various owners that are sure to draw significant interest.  The sale features 11 lots by Andy Warhol, including several listed below:

• Andy Warhol Grevy’s Zebra, from Endangered Species, 1983 (est. $60,000-80,000)
• Andy Warhol $ 1, 1982 (est. $30,000-50,000),
• Andy Warhol Untitled, from Flowers Portfolio, 1970 (est. $25,000-35,000)
• Andy Warhol The Witch, from Myths, 1981 (est. $25,000-35,000)
• Andy Warhol Liz, 1964 (est. $20,000-30,000)

Other top lots include, but are not limited to:

• David Hockney Amaryllis in Vase, from Moving Focus, 1984 (est. $50,000-70,000)
• Ed Ruscha Cheese Mold Standard with Olive, 1969 (est. $40,000-60,000)
• Roy Lichtenstein Forms in Space, 1985 (est. $40,000-60,000)
• Pablo Picasso Vase deux anses hautes, 1952 (est. $25,000-35,000)