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19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

19th & 20th Century Art: March 10, 2022 Auction Highlights

Paintings Related Reading: A Brief History of Mixografia Printing Process Prints & Drawings Related Reading: Cla…

Swann Opens 2022 with Whirlwind Auction Celebrating the Artists of the WPA

The house opened 2022 with The Artists of the WPA on Thursday, January 27. The follow-up to an inaugural 2021 sale p…

19th & 20th Century Literature

2021: Year in Review

As we close out another successful year at Swann we look back at our record-filled sales.

Upcoming Highlights: Master Drawings—At Auction November 3, 2021

Featuring a private collection of Italian old master drawings, as well as English, French, German, Dutch and Norther…

Claude Monet & George William Thornley: A Printmaking Partnership

At the end of the nineteenth century, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro rediscovered lithogra…

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19th & 20th Century Art: March 2021 Auction Highlights

Featuring prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures by Mary Cassatt, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Wifredo Lam, Fern…

19th & 20th Century Literature

2020: Year in Review

In a year that was unlike any in our lifetimes, Swann’s specialists and staff proved to be as resilient and in…

Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations Leads July 30, 2020 Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale at $125k

Our sale of Fine Books & Manuscripts on Thursday, July 30, 2020 boasted high prices across categories with earl…

Old Master Through Modern Prints

With the largest selection of old master prints to be found at auction stateside, this sale offers an array of fine …

Modern American & European Printmakers Lead Winter-Spring 2020 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Sale

Our Thursday, March 5, 2020 sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings saw success: “With more internet…

Artist Profile: Rockwell Kent

Rockwell Kent’s wood engravings and lithographs often convey solitude, spirituality and inner turmoil. Relatab…

A Brief History of the Color Woodcut

The color woodcut is best known for being one of the most difficult printmaking methods, but artists over the centur…