Visionary Yoko Ono created “event scores” as a way to encourage people to find art and beauty in their quotidian activities. A signed first edition of her seminal self-published book…
Whether it’s musicians recording a song together, a star-studded cast coming together for a production or visual artists joining forces on a work, collaborative works have long sparked special interest…
A plate from Allatini’s Sur Talons Rouges, illustrated by Gerda Wegener. Many of the biggest names in Hollywood have been rumored to be part of an upcoming film based on…
On May 7, Swann will auction The Edward Gorey Collection of Samuel Speigel, and the catalogue for that sale opens with this charming recollection from Speigel himself: Lot 241: The…
On May 7, Swann will auction one of the top private collections of Edward Gorey books, illustrations and ephemera as part of our Art, Press & Illustrated Books sale. Below,…
Among the visually appealing works in tomorrow’s auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books is a fascinating pedagogical workbook in the manner of Kindergarten founder Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel’s early…
Among the highlights of Swann’s Art, Press & Illustrated Books auction on Thursday is Mikhail Larionov’s copy of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Dlia Golosa [For the Voice], which was designed by Lazar Markovich (aka El Lissitzky). It is featured…
Next Thursday, May 9th, our sale of Art, Press & Illustrated Books will feature the inventory of the late Irving Oaklander, known to all who sought rare books about graphic…
The 2013 Swann auction schedule starts earlier than usual this year, and two auctions of drawings and original art have us abuzz with previews and sales in January. Michael Hague,…
Our October 11 sale of Art, Press & Illustrated Books resulted in strong prices from examples of fine art press books to pop art portfolios. Notably, Gustav Klimt’s first and…
The prescient motto that has graced the front of the Secession Building in Vienna since 1897–“To every age its art, to art its freedom”–speaks to the legacy of Gustav Klimt…
[Chairman Mao], 1949. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500. Among the diverse offerings in tomorrow’s auction of Vintage Posters is a selection of more than 30 Chinese propaganda posters, marking the first…
The Kelmscott Chaucer is considered the finest Arts and Crafts era publication, and the pinnacle of private press publishing Perhaps the most famous of the private presses, the Kelmscott Press at Hammersmith…
Yesterday’s auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books / 19th & 20thCentury Literature saw activity in all sections of the catalogue, and for every successfully sold item, there were numerous…
Thanks to John D. Larson of Swann’s books department for this eye-opening post! Frans von Bayros, Original pen-and-ink drawing, most likely a design for a bookplate, circa 1915. Decadent! Erotic!…
There is a sign tacked to the cork board of the Art & Illustrated Books Department clipped from a forgotten source years ago that states: “What’s the difference between artist’s…
Today, the world crashes the wedding of Will and Kate through the wonders of digital media. And Swann celebrates the mother country in classic, and always collectible, print form. Agnes…
The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ According to the authorized version of King James I, Illustrated by Eric Gill. One of 12 rare copies on Roman Vellum. Inscribed by…
Edward Gorey’s career was fittingly designed for a posthumous resurgence. The writer, illustrator, costume and set designer who passed away 10 years ago had an attraction to the dark, mysterious,…
