Sep 26, 2024 - Sale 2679

Sale 2679 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

J.F. NOLAN (DATES UNKNOWN)


Large architect's rendering of the Rolls Royce Building on East 57th Street. Circa 1929.
Ink and watercolor on artist's board, 96x53 cm, 38x21 inches; 3 closed tears on left edge; laid into modern mat and not examined outside it.

This rendering was executed by J.F. Nolan for architects Buchman & Kahn; the builder was Joseph P. Siegel, Inc. It shows a Rolls Royce automobile showroom occupying the first two floors of the building. The building was completed in 1930. Although it no longer bears the Rolls Royce name, it still stands today at 32-34 East 57th Street, a block east of Trump Tower and three blocks south of the Grolier Club.New York, circa 1929