Aside from hanging and representing originals, Lucille has one of the largest print collections I’ve ever encountered. Absolutely everything and anything from current offset litho reproductions to antique prints,wood cuts, etchings, serigraphs etc. etc. etc. Stacks and stacks of them all categorized by subject matter and or artist.
It turns out that Lucille is the daughter of Sydney Z. and Phyllis Lucas of New York acclaim. Her father, Sydney, became, after immigrating to the US from Hungary, one of the most renown and successful print dealers in this country.
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Lucille is no stranger to the Western Slope having owned galleries in Paonia, and Crested Butte although her legacy and heritage is the NewYork Gallery. She is an artist also. At eight years old she was the youngest student of the famed Art Students League in New York who was allowed to sit in on the figure drawing classes. She ultimately came to be a print maker, fitting perhaps since her parents were so well known in the business.
Lucille claims to have over 200,000 prints on file. Judging by the way the shelves and bins are filled I’m sure it is true. “People from all over the world come in and find something to fit their cultural background,
their occupation, their hobbies”, she is quoted in the Chronical and Pilot. “Whatever they’re interested in,we might have a print of it.”
The closest I’ve ever come to finding a place like this was an old bookstore in Tucson. I plan on going back when I can spend some time there and work my way through the place. I’m sure I’ll find something I have to have. Go see for your self and let me know what you think. 318 Elk Ave, Crested Butte.
MIKE SIMPSON, A NOTED ARTIST HIMSELF IS THE OWNER OF SIMPSON GALLERY OF FINE ART IN MONTROSE. COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MIKE AT INFO@MIKESIMPSONART.COM.
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