Upcoming
Sales and
Events
September 16, 2010
1:30 PM
SCENES OF THE CITY: PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS OF NEW YORK 1900 - 2000

September 21, 2010
10:30 AM & 2:30 PM
19th & 20th CENTURY PRINTS & DRAWINGS

October 28, 2010
10:30 AM & 2:30 PM
WHISTLER AND HIS INFLUENCE
OLD MASTER THROUGH MODERN PRINTS

November 18, 2010

AMERICAN ART / CONTEMPORARY ART


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 Old Master Drawings, 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.

 



Henri Matisse, Marie-José en robe jaune, color aquatint, 1950, sold on September 20, 2007 for $108,000.



Edward Hopper, Night Shadows, etching, 1921, sold on September 20, 2007 for a record $42,000.



James A.M. Whistler, Nocturne, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, sold on May 3, 2007 for $102,000.



Pablo Picasso, Bacchanale avec Chevreau, color linoleum cut, 1959, sold on March 6, 2007 for $84,000.



Rembrandt Van Rijn, The Windmill, etching and drypoint, 1641, sold on October 31, 2006 for $84,000.



Pablo Picasso, Le Repas Frugal, drypoint , 1904, sold on October 31, 2006 for $132,000.

 

Contact the Specialists

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

Shawna Brickley
212-254-4710 ext.50 sbrickley@swanngalleries.com

Amelia Foster
212-254-4710 ext.57 afoster@swanngalleries.com

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




19TH & 20TH CENTURY PRINTS & DRAWINGS
September 21, 2010
Features American and European prints and drawings, including Chagall's Bonjour Paris.



SCENES OF THE CITY: PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS OF NEW YORK 1900 - 2000
September 16, 2010
Includes significant examples of late 19th and 20th century New York-centric art, including Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Martin Lewis and John Sloan.



DISCOVERY SALE
June 22, 2010
The new collector's sale includes group and individual lots, the majority of which are estimated below $1,500.



AMERICAN ART & CONTEMPORARY ART
June 08, 2010
The two-part sale of American and Contemporary Art includes John Baldessari's Tristram Shandy.



OLD MASTER THROUGH MODERN PRINTS
April 27, 2010
Offered a broad spectrum of works on paper. Highlights included Whistler's The Traghetto, No. 2, etching on Japan paper, 1880, which brought $16,800.



19TH & 20TH CENTURY PRINTS & DRAWINGS
March 09, 2010
Highlights included an extremely scarce print of Picasso's Femme au fauteuil II: Dora Maar, aquatint, scraper, burin and drypoint on Montval laid paper, 1939, which sold for $26,400.



AMERICAN ART & CONTEMPORARY ART
November 20, 2009
Featured American drawings, watercolors and paintings and collectible prints by Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Warhol and others, including Wayne Thiebaud’s Glassed Candy, color lithograph, 1980, which sold for $8,400 (detail shown).



THE JAMES B. PARKS COLLECTION OF FINE PRINTS
November 09, 2009
Offered a stellar private collection of prints by the Tiepolos, Goya, Manet, Picasso, Braque, Pollock and Warhol, among others. Edouard Manet's Victorine Meurent en Costume d'Espada, etching and aquatint, 1862, sold for $5,280 (detail shown).



IMPORTANT OLD MASTER THROUGH MODERN PRINTS
November 05, 2009
Old master print highlights included works by Dürer and Rembrandt. The wide-ranging selection of 19th and 20th century prints featured Stuart Davis's Study for a Drawing, color screenprint, 1955, which sold for $9,000 (detail shown).