June 25, 2019Kelsie JankowskiAmerican Art Records & Results: American Art Read more about Records & Results: American Art Modernists Lead American Art at Swann We continued the spring 2019 season with a sale of American Art on June 13, which boasted three artist records. American Modernists… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about America the Beautiful: City & Landscape Scenes of America’s Terrain June 7, 2019 American Art America the Beautiful: City & Landscape Scenes of America’s Terrain Our June 13 sale of American Art features an impressive selection of city, landscape and coastal scenes. The offering puts on display how the breadth and diversity of America’s terrain,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: American Art May 17, 2019 American Art Upcoming Highlights: American Art At Auction June 13 Complete Catalogue Exhibition Open June 8 – June 13 The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome special and educational groups with… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: American Art June 18, 2018 American Art Records & Results: American Art Our auction of American Art on June 14 offered original works by bastions of the category including William Glackens and John Singer Sargent, as well as artists whose work has… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about The Many Illustrious Circles of Pavel Tchelitchew June 8, 2018 American Art The Many Illustrious Circles of Pavel Tchelitchew Multi-talented artists can appear in multiple departments at Swann. Our June 14 auction of American Art will feature highlights by Pavel Tchelitchew, whose work also appears in our auctions of Illustration… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art April 1, 2018 American Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art At Auction June 14 This highly curated sale of American Art presents original works in a variety of media, including drawings, watercolors and sculpture. Offerings range from nineteenth-century paintings… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Mrs. Stimson Joins Her Husband at the Huntington Historical Society June 27, 2017 American Art Mrs. Stimson Joins Her Husband at the Huntington Historical Society Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis Stimson lived in an estate in Huntington, Long Island. In his memoir, he wrote of her, “That marriage has now lasted over fifty-four years, during… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: American Art June 19, 2017 American Art Records & Results: American Art We closed our Spring 2017 season with a climactic sale of American Art on Thursday, June 15. The annual auction offered exclusively original or unique works by artists living or… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Winslow Homer’s Personal “Bible” June 9, 2017 American Art Winslow Homer’s Personal “Bible” On a visit to his Prout’s Neck studio, Winslow Homer’s friend and fellow artist John W. Beatty picked up a dogeared book and asked him if he found it of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Recently Rediscovered Watercolor by John Marin June 7, 2017 American Art Recently Rediscovered Watercolor by John Marin A recently rediscovered watercolor by John Marin will be making its auction debut in our June 15 sale of American Art. The work displays two features for which the artist… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Guy C. Wiggins: An Impression of Winter in New York June 8, 2016 American Art Guy C. Wiggins: An Impression of Winter in New York It will be warm and sunny here in New York for our American Art auction tomorrow, but some of the top lots of the sale feature the Big Apple draped… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Notes from the Catalogue: Two Studies by American Artists June 2, 2016 American Art Notes from the Catalogue: Two Studies by American Artists For collectors, a study can be a prized acquisition because it is both a work of art and a source of insight into an artist’s process. Our upcoming auction of… Share Facebook Twitter
June 2, 2015 American Art Notes From the Catalogue: Mary Nimmo Moran The following essay was contributed to Swann’s upcoming American Art catalogue by Shannon Vittoria, a Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Vittoria is currently… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Covarrubias and Rivera: Men at the Crossroads June 1, 2015 American Art Covarrubias and Rivera: Men at the Crossroads Composed in 1933, this caricature by Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias shows a dismayed Rockefeller pulling back a drape to discover a portrait of Soviet Union Leader Vladimir Lenin included… Share Facebook Twitter
May 21, 2015 American Art Both Sides of the Lens: Photographs of American Artists Lot 325 Arnold Newman, Georgia O’Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, N.M., silver print, 1968. Mirroring our current cultural fascination with reality television, the art world has seen a surge of interest… Share Facebook Twitter
September 18, 2014 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings The U.S. Scene: Thomas Hart Benton and American Regionalism Lot 367: a Self-Portrait of Thomas Hart Benton. Our September 23 auction offers a particularly strong selection of American Regionalist examples including an extensive collection of Thomas Hart Benton lithographs.… Share Facebook Twitter
June 14, 2014 American Art Top Lots: Winslow Homer, Preston Dickinson & James D. Smillie The first of its kind at Swann to break $1 Million, the American Art auction on Thursday was our highest-grossing sale in this category ever, with a sale total of… Share Facebook Twitter
June 11, 2014 American Art Naturalist Charles Burchfield If you’ve got summer on your mind these days–and who doesn’t?–you may be drawn to some of the bucolic images in Swann’s June 12 auction of American Art. And, among… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Found: Winslow Homer’s Study for Fresh Air June 10, 2014 American Art Found: Winslow Homer’s Study for Fresh Air Fans of Winslow Homer, rejoice! On June 12, Swann Galleries will auction a pen and ink drawing by the celebrated American illustrator and artist–a study for his seminal, same-titled watercolor Fresh Air.… Share Facebook Twitter
May 22, 2014 American Art Let It Snow: Guy C. Wiggins’s Views of New York City With Memorial Day approaching, all of us here in New York are hoping for warm weather. But, among the most charming images in our June 12 auction of American Art,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats May 21, 2014 American Art Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats Barnet’s watercolor and oil, Play, differs from the later print. Among the highlights of our June 12 auction of American Art—and the image that graces the catalogue cover—is Will… Share Facebook Twitter
April 11, 2014 American Art Artwork from the Collection of Artist James D. Smillie Lot 290 in Swann’s April 29 auction is Smillie’s The Rocky Mountains (Lander’s Peak), set of 12 engravings after Albert Bierstadt, progressive proofs, 1865-66. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000. This Spring, Swann… Share Facebook Twitter
April 4, 2014 American Art A Fleeting Moment: Edward Hopper’s Evening Wind Edward Hopper’s evocative etching, Evening Wind, from 1921, is among the highlights of Swann Galleries’ April 29 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints. Hopper was born in Nyack, New… Share Facebook Twitter
February 26, 2014 American Art American Modernism: John Marin’s Brooklyn Bridge Lot 268 is John Marin’s Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York, etching and drypoint, 1913. Swann Galleries’ March 6 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings features a… Share Facebook Twitter
May 31, 2013 American Art Notes from the Catalogue: Jane Peterson Campo Santa Margherita, Venice, gouache, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 1923. Our June 13 auction of American Art features five unique works by Jane Peterson, an American artist born in… Share Facebook Twitter
May 29, 2013 American Art Notes from the Catalogue: Paul Cadmus’s Nantucket Man Male Nude, NM 276, color crayon, 1996. Estimate $18,000 to $22,000. Among the highlights of Swann’s June 13 auction of American Art is a run of works by Paul Cadmus, created in his early… Share Facebook Twitter
November 14, 2012 American Art Three Christmas Cards From Artists The holiday season seems to have surprised everyone this year with its early arrival, but there is still time to get your Christmas cards in order. Need inspiration? Look no… Share Facebook Twitter
September 5, 2012 African-American Fine Art New Exhibition: Robert S. Duncanson One standout exhibition to see this fall is the first-ever New York City survey of work by Robert S. Duncanson. The exhibition, called Robert S. Duncanson: Antebellum African American Artist,… Share Facebook Twitter
June 19, 2012 American Art Top Lots: American Art / Contemporary Art Thursday’s two-part sale resulted in the highest total ever for Swann’s semi-annual auction of American Art / Contemporary Art. One of the top lots from the Contemporary portion of the sale,… Share Facebook Twitter
November 21, 2011 American Art American & Contemporary Art Last week’s American Art / Contemporary Art auction resulted in new records and strong prices all around, with both sections bringing strong prices. The top lot was Robert Gwathmey’s excellent… Share Facebook Twitter
November 16, 2011 American Art Robert Gwathmey Paintings in Tomorrow’s American Art Auction Tomorrow morning’s auction of American Art features strong examples of drawings and paintings by a wide range of artists. Some of the most striking works in the sale are by… Share Facebook Twitter
June 10, 2011 American Art Jared French Tops American Art / Contemporary Art Jared French’s Siren brought $138,000; the third highest auction price ever for a Jared French painting. The top lot in yesterday’s auction of American Art and Contemporary Art was Jared French’s… Share Facebook Twitter
May 25, 2011 American Art Summer Vacation Landscapes After an interminably long winter, Memorial Day weekend is almost here. While this year’s winter seemed unusually harsh, and spring’s allergies abnormally potent, the escapist urge presents itself like clockwork… Share Facebook Twitter
November 15, 2010 American Art Lloyd Goodrich and Reginald Marsh This Thursday’s American Art sale includes several items from the collection of Lloyd Goodrich, one of the most distinguished American art historians of the 20th century and Director of the… Share Facebook Twitter