Vtg 1980's Art Michael Luchs Paint On Paper Detroit Mi Cass Corridor Gold Rabbit Artist Framed "Revolutionary Rabbits"

Vtg 1980's Art Michael Luchs Paint On Paper Detroit Mi Cass Corridor Gold Rabbit Artist Framed "Revolutionary Rabbits"

We are selling our entire Michael Luchs collection of seven works of art.

Local Pick Up Available.

Untitled #74

Framed: 47" x 54" x 2".
The image is 36" x 46"

On December 3, 1981, my parents purchased the entire set of 12 pieces of Mr. Luchs work from the Feigenson Gallery that was located in the Fisher Building in the New Center are of Detroit, MI.

Our collection was shown at the Detroit Institute of Art September 23 through November 18, 1990 as "Signature Images" Michael Luchs and Gilda Snowden. Also showings at the David Klein Gallery November 6 through December 18, 2004 and the N'Nambi Gallery January 16 through March 14, 2005.

In the article "Revolutionary rabbits" by Vince Carducci published by the Metro Times on December 14, 2004, the local collector referred to was my mother and father. Please see this portion of the article followed by the link to read the entire piece.

From the article:

That year, a local collector bought the entire set of Luchs’ works on paper and plywood from his solo show at Feigenson Gallery, run by late Faygo heiress, Cass Corridor booster and sculptor Jackie Feigenson. The hefty purchase helped the then fortysomething artist set up shop in New York City. The work lay under wraps for more than two decades, until it was shown recently to Birmingham dealer David Klein, who now has 11 of the pieces on consignment at the David Klein Gallery.

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/revolutionary-rabbits/Content?oid=2180220

Indeed, a hand written thank you letter from Michael Luchs was sent to my parents dated 28 March, 1992. We have the original including the envelop.

More on Michael Luchs:

Luchs was a key figure in the development of the Detroit avant-garde that is named after Cass Corridor - one of the down and out areas of the city devastated by the 1967 riots.

In the 60's and 70's the Cass Corridor art of Luchs, Gordon Newton, James Chatelain, Brenda Goodman, Ellen Phelan, and others had a tough, sometimes violent, almost always experimental quality that reflected the Detroit inner city and made its avant-garde an inspiration for new art throughout the Mid West.

During his years in Detroit, Luchs made sculptures and assemblages in which forms were added to one another. He also did works on paper, like those in this show, which seem to be disintegrating before our eyes.

The rabbits are indispensable. Their flowing, organic outlines, and silhouettes, their link with fecundity and associations with softness and vulnerability provide a compositional and emotional background against which Luchs can burn and tear away.

The shape of the rabbits is done much like a block of stone or mound of earth that no matter what happens to the surface, we have the sense that something will endure.

Much more information available on this artist.

We also own 21 of never seen before sketches of the artist that were sent to my father.

This piece includes a copy of the original provenance.

Please message with any questions or concerns.

If you are interested in purchasing this fantastic piece, please contact us for the correct shipping method and pricing. Also note, it will be professionally packaged and shipped at a separate fee. The shipping price in the listing will NOT be accurate.

This work of art is massive and weighs roughly 22 lbs.

Thanks so much for looking.