African American Art

African American Art

Bob Thompson and the 1960s New York Art Scene

Bob Thompson stood apart from most of his contemporaries in the early 1960s. On one hand, he was the epitome of a Ne…

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Hammons, or World’s Most Expensive Fly Swatter?

Among the top lots in the February 23, 2010 auction of African-American Fine Art was a unique Fly Swatter created in…

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Malvin Gray Johnson Painting in Swann African-American Fine Art Auction February 2010

Swann Galleries’ auction of African-American Fine Art on February 23, 2010, will offer approximately 160 lots from m…

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Alma Thomas Paintings Hang in White House

A painting by Alma Thomas will be hung in the White House during the Obama administration!   Sky Light, 1973 (left),…

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Spotlight on John Biggers’s ‘Shotguns’

The image that graces the cover of the auction catalogue for Swann Galleries’ sale of African-American Fine Art on T…

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Richard L. Brown Painting to be Offered in October 2009

Our October 8, 2009 auction of African-American Fine Art featured the Richard L. Brown painting Mt. Monadnock, 1911,…

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Cornelius Marion Battey Photographic Portraits Discovered

Our October 8, 2009 African-American Fine Art auction marks the first time that early photographer Cornelius Marion …

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Elizabeth Catlett Speaks at MoMA

Conversations: Among Friends – May 19, 2009 On May 19, 2009, 94-year-old Elizabeth Catlett and David C. Driske…