African American Art
9 New Auction Records in Fall 2019 Auction of African-American Fine Art
Swann Galleries’ Fall 2019 auction of African-American Fine resulted in nine new auction records, supported by…
Happening January 28: Celebrating the Legacy of the Johnson Publishing Company
Amid a backdrop of highlights from the Johnson Publishing Company’s incredible art collection—the majority of …
Artist Profile: Aaron Douglas
New York was waiting for Aaron Douglas, though no one knew just how much, including the artist himself. By the time …
Collecting Works by African-American Photographers
A superb selection of images by African-American photographers is set to come across the block in our Fall 2019 sale…
Artist Profile: Vincent D. Smith
Born in 1929, Vincent D. Smith was a Brooklyn native and innovative African-American artist. By the late 1950s, he i…
McArthur Binion: An Artist of “Simplicism”
Describing himself as a “Rural Modernist,” McArthur Binion is known for his paintings that encapsulate b…
Artist Profile: Norman Lewis
Norman Lewis was an Abstract Expressionist painter associated with The Irascibles who developed as a painter as the …
Augusta Savage to Zoë Charlton: Women of Color Artists Featured in African-American Fine Art, Fall 2019
At Swann, we’re lucky to contribute to an overall market correction, offering exceptional art by women of colo…
From Abstract Expressionists to Color Field Painters—African-American Fine Art
Abstraction features heavily in our October 2019 sale of African-American Fine Art, including first-generation abstr…
Fine Sculpture by African-American Artists
A strong section of fine sculpture coming on October 8 includes works by Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Joh…
Fall 2019: African-American Fine Art
Highlights this fall from the African-American Fine Art department: sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Johnson…
Records & Results: African-American Fine Art
Artist Records for Amos, Leigh, Lovelace O’Neal, Pindell & Mo…