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African American Art

Robert Scott Duncanson’s East Coast Debut

Robert Scott Duncanson was the first African-American landscape painter to achieve international recognition. T…

African American Art

Romare Bearden: Celebrating One Hundred Years

Romare Bearden is undoubtedly one of America’s greatest artists. Today, his collages are viewed as some of the most …

American Art

Lloyd Goodrich and Reginald Marsh

This Thursday’s American Art sale includes several items from the collection of Lloyd Goodrich, one of the mos…

Whistler’s ‘Nocturne’: Our Most Expensive Print

Our October 27 & 28, 2010 two-part print sale, which began with Whistler and His Influence on Wednesday, set rec…

James A.M. Whistler and Lithography

James A. M. Whistler’s work in lithography dates from three distinct periods of his career. His two earliest l…

Whistler, London and the Thames

When James A.M. Whistler moved from Paris to London in May 1859, the city became his adopted home for the rest of hi…

African American Art

David Hammons Garners International Recognition for African-American Art

Contemporary African-American artist David Hammons is known for his body prints and assemblages of found objects, su…

Scenes of the City: Prints, Drawings & Paintings of New York

Scenes of the City: Prints, Drawings & Paintings of New York is an important collection of some of the finest an…

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…

African American Art

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…

African American Art

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…

African American Art

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),…