Fine Art

American Art

American Modernism: John Marin’s Brooklyn Bridge

Swann Galleries’ March 6, 2014 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings features a run of etch…

Art Press & Illustrated Books

The Glory of Gorey: Swann to Offer the Sam Speigel Collection

On May 7, 2014, Swann will auction one of the top private collections of Edward Gorey books, illustrations and ephem…

African American Art

James Amos Porter, The Father of African-American Art History

Swann’s African-American Fine Art Department, writes about the catalogue cover image for the upcoming auction Shadow…

Illustration Art

Of Provenance & Peter Rabbit

Christine von der Linn, Swann’s Art & Illustrated Books expert, shares some insight into this week’s…

African American Art

California Artists Pauline Powell Burns and Beulah Woodard

Among the featured artists in Swann’s February 13, 2014 auction, Shadows Uplifted: The Rise of American-American Fin…

Illustration Art

Man-Cave-iana: The Birth of the Drool

Renewed interest in and appreciation of so-called genre illustration art has resulted in the growth of colorful and …

Illustration Art

Charles Schultz’ Peanuts in Illustration Sale

Few comic strips are more beloved than Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts, and few characters more enduring than Char…

Illustration Art

Judging a Book by Its Cover

Our January 23, 2014, 20th Century Illustration sale boasts an abundance of original book-cover art, many examples o…

Illustration Art

Seussian Advertisements: The Early Work of Theodor Seuss Geisel

Swann Galleries is pleased to offer original illustrations by Dr. Seuss–also known as Theodor Geisel–in …

Contemporary Art

Sol LeWitt Before Minimalism

Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) was a pioneering figure in the establishment of Minimalism and Conceptualism during the postw…

From The Kiss to The Scream: Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist and Expressionist painter/printmaker who, unlike the Impress…

Paul Cézanne: A Lightning Rod for Criticism at the Armory Show

Amid all of the shock, sensationalism and bewilderment surrounding many of the works in the 1913 Armory Show, m…