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American Art

February 1, 2024

Swann Galleries opened the winter 2024 season with the fourth iteration of The Artist of the WPA. The timed online auction closed Thursday, January 25, with an 89% sell-through…

January 23, 2024

This special auction highlights 100 lots from the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl. Rich in American landscape.

January 8, 2024

Highlights from the February 8 Subculture Sale

December 19, 2023

Swann Galleries continued to offer exceptional auctions of quality material in 2023. The year featured several collections, including a special selection of 100 works from the…

December 18, 2023

Highlights from the December 14, 2023 auction of Illustration Art.

September 9, 2023

Swann Galleries’ September 21, 2023, American Art sale features a special section of approximately 30 works by Will Barnet from the artist’s estate.  A Career That Spans…

Will Barnet, Study for “Summer Idyll,” oil, pen & ink, 1975. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
August 29, 2023

There are numerous dynamic works by early twentieth- century American modernists, including Edward Hopper, Abraham Walkowitz, Oscar Bluemner, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth,…

June 6, 2023

The house’s third iteration of Focus on Women on June 1, 2023, an auction dedicated to the contributions of women to art, life, and society, brought $361,090, a total more…

May 16, 2023

Our May 25, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art auction features a wide array: from the Post-Impressionist era, a work on paper by Gwen John, up to the works of abstract artist James…

March 29, 2023

Spring has just about sprung, and Swann Galleries' resident Americana specialist, and director of the house's books and manuscripts department, is sharing a selection of lots from…