African American Art

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…

African American Art

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 …

African American Art

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 …

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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…

African American Art

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…

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McArthur Binion: An Artist of “Simplicism”

Describing himself as a “Rural Modernist,” McArthur Binion is known for his paintings that encapsulate b…

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Artist Profile: Norman Lewis

Norman Lewis was an Abstract Expressionist painter associated with The Irascibles who developed as a painter as the …

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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…

African American Art

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…

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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…

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Fall 2019: African-American Fine Art

Highlights this fall from the African-American Fine Art department: sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Johnson…

African American Art

Records & Results: African-American Fine Art

Artist Records for Amos, Leigh, Lovelace O’Neal, Pindell & Mo…