New York, 7 April 2026 - Phillips has announced highlights from its spring 2026 Editions & Works on Paper auctions in New York, a series that spans two days and four distinct sales. The program begins on 22 April with MODERNISM and the Editions & Works on Paper Evening Sale, and continues on 23 April with the Editions & Works on Paper Day Sale and DUCHAMP & COMPANY, Curated by Francis M. Naumann. Leading the Evening Sale is a rare and iconic group of four screenprints by Ed Ruscha, offered as a single lot and estimated at $900,000 to $1,200,000.
All works will be on view at Phillips' New York galleries from 16 to 22 April, with the Editions & Works on Paper Online sale running from 21 to 29 April on phillips.com. The series brings together Post-War and contemporary masters alongside a dedicated celebration of American and European Modernism, offering collectors a wide survey of mastery across styles, movements, and media.
The Evening Sale
The top lot of the Evening Sale is Ed Ruscha's group of four screenprints, presented together as a single lot: Standard Station (1966), alongside Mocha Standard, Cheese Mold Standard with Olive, and Double Standard (all 1969). One of the most enduring images of Ruscha's career, the Standard gas station recurs throughout his practice as a vehicle for exploring Americana and the mythology of the open road. As a young man, Ruscha regularly drove between his hometown of Oklahoma City and his new home in Los Angeles along Route 66, photographing the fuel stops that would become ubiquitous to his visual language. He would return to the motif more than four decades later with Ghost Station (2011), a monochromatic embossed image that also features prominently in the sale.
The theme of Americana continues with Andy Warhol's Mobil, from Ads (1985), a unique, brightly colored trial proof estimated at $120,000 to $180,000, and Martha Graham (1986), a complete set of three screenprints depicting the pioneering choreographer and dancer, estimated at $70,000 to $100,000. Joining this group is the artist's iconic Grace Kelly (1984), estimated at $100,000 to $150,000, alongside other select works from the Estate of Benjamin and Deborah Mangel. An unexpected highlight is an exquisitely detailed ink and wash drawing after Albrecht Dürer's influential woodcut of a rhinoceros, created by an unknown artist in circa mid to late 16th to early 17th century and estimated at $20,000 to $30,000. The Evening Sale also features a dynamic selection of After Basquiat prints, led by the complete set of four screenprints Wolf Sausage, King Brand, Dog Leg Study, and Undiscovered Genius (1982-83/2019), as well as Roy Lichtenstein's Sunshine Through the Clouds, from the Landscape Series (1985), estimated at $60,000 to $80,000.
MODERNISM: Editions and Works on Paper
Following strong enthusiasm in the category, the dedicated MODERNISM sale returns for a third season. The offering comprises more than 100 lots by American and European masters and is anchored by over 40 works of American Modernism from the Tanenbaum Family Collection, formed by key artists of the movement including Charles Sheeler, Ralston Crawford, and Charles Burchfield. Especially noteworthy are three exceptional etchings by Edward Hopper, Night in the Park (1922), The Railroad (1922), and the iconic Night Shadows (1921), each exemplifying the artist's meticulous technique and psychologically charged depictions of American life. A rare and revelatory work in the sale is the original wood block used by Blanche Lazzell to produce her 1950 woodcut Three Trees, estimated at $10,000 to $15,000.
The Modernist offering is further distinguished by Pablo Picasso's rare pre-steel-facing impression of Bust of a Man from the Saltimbanques series (1905), among the artist's earliest prints, estimated at $60,000 to $80,000, and the later aquatint Smoker with a White Cigarette (1964), estimated at $25,000 to $35,000. Also highlighted are El Lissitzky's quintessentially Cubist-Futurist lithographs from The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show 'Victory over the Sun' (1920-21), alongside two special Henry Moore portfolios formerly in the collection of his close friend Lauren Bacall, and works by European masters including Braque, Miró, Chagall, Giacometti, and Klee.
Selected highlights and estimates
The series will be held at Phillips' New York galleries at 432 Park Avenue. The MODERNISM sale opens at 12:00 PM ET on 22 April, followed by the Editions & Works on Paper Evening Sale at 5:00 PM ET the same day, with the Day Sale and DUCHAMP & COMPANY, Curated by Francis M. Naumann, on 23 April.
The auctions arrive as Phillips marks its 230th anniversary in 2026. Founded in London in 1796 by the auctioneer Harry Phillips, the house has long offered a forward-looking approach to sales and collecting, and today holds its principal auctions in New York, London, Geneva, and Hong Kong, with dedicated expertise across Modern and Contemporary Art, Design, Photographs, Editions, Watches, and Jewels.
Estimates do not include the buyer's premium; prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer's premium.
(Press Release)
