Upcoming
Sales and
Events
March 8, 2012
10:30 AM & 2:30 PM
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR: PRINTS, PAINTINGS & LIVRES D'ARTISTE / 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PRINTS & DRAWINGS

April 25, 2012
10:30 AM & 1:30 PM
OLD MASTER THROUGH MODERN PRINTS


wann has actively participated in the international prints and drawings market since the 1980s. Over the past decade, the Works of Art on Paper department has become a world leader in museum-quality old master through modern prints, drawings and watercolors.

We also conduct regular sales devoted to American Art and Contemporary Art, as well as occasional auctions of single-owner collections.

We look forward to assisting you with your collections of prints, drawings and watercolors.

 



James A. M. Whistler's Nocturne, etching and drypoint printed in black, 1879-80, sold on October 27, 2010 for $282,000, a record price for a print by the artist, as well as the top-selling print ever sold at Swann.



Shadow Dance, Martin Lewis's drypoint and sandpaper ground, 1930, brought $50,500 on September 16, 2010, a record price for the artist.



Childe Hassam's Landscape with a Bridge, watercolor on paper, sold for $28,800 in the June 8, 2010 American Art auction.



Pablo Picasso's Méléagre tue le Sanglier de Calydon, pencil drawing, circa 1930, sold for $55,200 on September 21, 2010.



A rare Joan Mitchell sketchbook, containing 52 drawings (27 pencil, 10 ball-point pen and ink, 9 color crayons, 3 black crayon, 2 pencil and black crayon and 1 ball-point pen and pencil), circa 1954-55, sold for $144,000 in the November 18, 2010 Contemporary Art auction.



Louise Nevelson's Maquette for Monumental Sculpture III, welded black steel sculpture, 1977, brought $78,000 in the June 8, 2010 Contemporary Art auction.

 

Contact the Specialists

Todd Weyman, Director
212-254-4710 ext.32 tweyman@swanngalleries.com

Erin Bennett
212-254-4710 ext.28 ebennett@swanngalleries.com

Conner Williams
212-254-4710 ext.57 cwilliams@swanngalleries.com

Brittney Ingarra
212-254-4710 ext.51 bingarra@swanngalleries.com
AMERICAN ART
November 17, 2011
Offered excellent examples by Thomas Hart Benton, Robert Gwathmey, Reginald Marsh, Elie Nadelman, and Marguerite Zorach.



CONTEMPORARY ART
November 17, 2011
Featured major works by Warhol, Lichtenstein, & Hockney, in addition to works by Francis Bacon, Helen Frankenthaler, Cy Twombly and others.



ATELIER 17, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM & THE NEW YORK SCHOOL
October 27, 2011
This themed auction explores Abstract Expressionism and The New York School via Atelier 17, in both Paris and later, New York. The cover lot is Danäe, a 1954 soft-ground etching by Atelier 17 founder Stanley Hayter.



OLD MASTER THROUGH MODERN PRINTS
October 26, 2011
Stunning Old Master prints by Rembrandt van Rijn and important 19th and 20th century works by James A.M. Whistler, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso were offered. The cover lot is Rembrandt's The Windmill (detail), etching and drypoint, 1641.



19TH & 20TH CENTURY PRINTS & DRAWINGS
September 22, 2011
Offers a diverse assortment of prints and unique works by European and American artists working in the 19th and 20th centuries.