Family Collection Brings Record Results in One of Swann’s Highest-Grossing Poster Sales to Date
An accomplished graphic artist and sculptor, Elizabeth Catlett was known for her poignant depictions of African-Amer…
Washington, D.C., with its neoclassical architecture and grand monuments, almost seems as if it arose organically ov…
Thanksgiving weekend was tinged with grief this year as the art world mourned the loss of painter and print-maker El…
While the old adage tells us that we certainly shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, it’s hard to ignore …
A subject of fascination since its dramatic demise during its maiden voyage, the legacy of White Star Line’s T…
Written by Autographs Specialist Marco Tomaschett: Autograph collectors all encounter it at one time or another: the…
Egon Schiele is celebrated among the Austrian Modern Masters Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, who are best remember…
Swann Galleries is very proud to be offering for sale the art collection of one America’s great cultural heroes, Dr.…
On September 15, 2015 Swann Galleries offered The Art Collection of Maya Angelou. Author, poet, actress and champion…
Walt Whitman was in Boston overseeing the publication of his third edition of Leaves of Grass when he attended …
For more than a century the state of California was thought to be an island. How? Misinformation by way of maps. In …
Swann’s second sale devoted to Vernacular Photography showed the strength of this growing segment of the photo…
We are delighted to offer a suffragist archive of rare and important photographs documenting “The Li…
Swann President and Posters specialist Nicholas D. Lowry writes beautifully about the December 17 auction of Tr…
Among the items that Swann auctions are books, fine art prints, photographs, posters and maps–all of which hav…
“These are the times which try men’s souls…” so begins Thomas Paine’s The American Cri…
Among the highlights of today’s auction of Autographs was one of 28 copies of the act making Vermont the …
Examples of Fluxus artwork appear in many of our auctions, and demand seems to be on the rise for works by the …
A highlight in our upcoming auction of Contemporary Art is a leather jacket tagged by various 1980s graffiti artists…
On November 6, 2014 Swann auctioned The Latin Americana Library of Dr. W. Michael Mathes. The catalogue for the auct…
Diego Rivera (1886-1957), the painter who helped establish the Mexico Mural Movement and was a leading figure in Soc…
The Bay Psalm Book is often described as the first book printed in America. Issued in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 16…
O. Winston Link’s photographs have infused Swann’s Photograph Department auctions with a consistent, quiet pow…
Dr. Amalia Amaki, noted art historian and artist, wrote the catalogue introduction for The Richard A. Long Collectio…
Last week, From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis opened at the Jewish Museum. The exhibition combines the w…
One of the most common questions we get asked at Swann is what it means when a lot is catalogued with the word ̶…
In honor of the 75th anniversary of everyone’s favorite French schoolgirl, our Art Books specialist Christine …
Swann Galleries’ upcoming September 23 auction featuring American Prints & Drawings includes Blanche Lazze…
The delicate condition of the natural world is vividly brought to life by Nick Brandt, who organized the Big Life Fo…
Coming on the heels of tremendous media coverage (see: The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Luxury Travel Magazine, Robb R…
Martha’s Vineyard, an affluent summer colony located on an island south of Cape Cod, has long attracted African Amer…
On October 9, as part of our Fall African-American Fine Art auction, Swann will offer the collection of Richard A. L…
Summer 2014 marks 100 years since the start of World War I, also known as The Great War. Sparked by the assassinatio…
The image is so iconic, it’s been co-opted countless times, but in Swann Galleries’ upcoming Vintage Pos…
Topping our June 19, 2014 auction of 19th & 20th Century Literature was a first American edition of Herman Melvi…
To celebrate the life and literary oeuvre of James Joyce on the international holiday that is Bloomsday, we are look…
The first of its kind at Swann to break $1 Million, the American Art auction on Thursday was our highest-grossing sa…
Last week Swann Galleries had the pleasure of hosting an artist talk with Barkley L. Hendricks, whose “unique …
An auction focused on the politically charged and artistically fertile period of the 1960s and 70s, Swann Galleries&…
If you’ve got summer on your mind these days–and who doesn’t?–you may be drawn to some of th…
