Title: AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART
Date: October 18, 2012
Time: at 2:30 PM
Exhibition: Sat., October 13, 10-4
Mon., October 15, 10-6
Tues., October 16, 10-6
Wed., October 17, 10-6
Thurs., October 18, 10-noon
Contact Person: Nigel Freeman
nfreeman@swanngalleries.com

Swann's semi-annual auctions of African-American Fine Art boast museum-quality works by important American artists, and this October sale is no exception. Highlights include:

William Edouard Scott's When the Tide is Out, oil on canvas, 1932, shown top left.

Charles White's exquisite pen and ink drawing Songs of Life, 1953-54.

Three paintings by Hughie Lee-Smith, including Boy with Flute, oil on canvas, circa 1960.

Several Al Loving paintings, including his Untitled (Cube), acrylic on canvas, circa 1969.

Romare Bearden's paper & fabric collage Girl in a Garden, 1972.