Fine Art

A Brief History of the Mixografia Printing Process

Sarah McMillan, a cataloguer for Swann, takes us through a brief history of Mixografia, Rufino Tamayo and the lastin…

Old Master Prints & Drawings from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg

At Auction May 21, 2020 Our May 21, 2020 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints opens with a special section—the f…

Beyond the Bestiary: Fantastic Beasts and Figures of Myth in Old Master—and Modern—Prints

Medieval bestiaries were illustrated catalogues of creatures both real and imagined, detailing physical descriptions…

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 …

African American Art

A Brief History of AfriCOBRA

The AfriCOBRA movement was borne from the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. The collective was founded in 1968…

Meisterstiche: Albrecht Dürer’s Master Engravings

Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I, St. Jerome in His Study and Knight, Death and the Devil, all from…

Illustration Art

Illustrator Profile: William Pène du Bois

A long line of artists and designers. William Pène du Bois seemed destined to follow a creative path. Since his du B…

Modern & Post-War Art

Cultural Cross-Currents: The Indian Space Painters

The Indian Space Painters may be the modern artists most closely associated with Native American art. In Haida and T…

African American Art

Etched in History: Printmakers of the Federal Art Project

As jobless Americans eventually found work with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA)…

African American Art

Nigel Freeman on the Legacy of David C. Driskell, 1931-2020

We are greatly saddened to hear the news of David Driskell’s passing yesterday with the email announcement from the …

The Artists of the WPA

WPA Posters: Favorites from a Vintage Posters Specialist

In addition to the many murals, sculptures, paintings and photos commissioned by the Works Progress Administration d…

Photographs & Photobooks

Beyond Migrant Mother: Five FSA Photographers to Know

While Dorothea Lange—and her portrait of Florence Thompson, Migrant Mother—has become one of the most well-known pho…