French Art Nouveau posters are led by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s magnificent poster of Aristide Bruant, Ambassadeurs, 1892; exquisite, top-end works by Alphonse Mucha such…
Swann’s annual Graphic Design auction gets better and better with each passing year. As more people find interest and delight in the material, still others bring us wonderful…
Edward Penfield, the Father of the American Poster “A poster should tell its story at once—a design that needs study is not a poster, no matter how well it is executed. We…
Every winter we feature an unparalleled selection of skiing and winter sports images, and this year is no exception, with over 60 posters, including a number of early and rare…
Nicholas D. Lowry breaks down the best selection of aviation and airline designs to collect for the plane spotter in all of us… People collect aviation posters for a number…
Railways Ocean Liners Related Reading International Travel Additionally, the auction will feature posters touting exotic destinations from the beaches of the French Riviera and…
The legacy of Roger Broders’ poster design has made his name synonymous with French Art Deco travel posters. His artistic career, as a whole, spans from the early twentieth…
This August, Swann is proud to host its fourth annual, LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History sale. The success of our first three auctions stands as part of the art…
There has been exciting and novel automobile advertising for as long as there have been cars. From the earliest days of automotive history in the late nineteenth century through…
Art Deco Art Deco, Cubist and Futurist aficionados will be besotted with two offerings by Marcello Nizzoli for Campari, each 1926. Other important works from the first half of the…
The modern Olympic Games were first held in 1896, with an appropriate historical nod to antiquity, in Athens, Greece. It wasn’t until 28 years later, in 1924, that the first…
