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Swann continues its tradition of presenting a premiere selection of important prints in our October 17 auction of Ol…

Swann Galleries is honored to be presenting a group of artworks in our October 3 auction from the estate of Dr. Cons…

Suzanne Jackson’s painting There is Something Between Us brings together two legendary figures from two very d…

October’s travel poster auction is a journey around the world and a trek through the Who’s Who of famous…

In viewing mid-century modern posters depicting New York City, it is a curious surprise to find a direct graphic lin…

“Isadora was my strongest weakness. She was like music. When she moved, it was like the sound of violins,” said Russ…

Our October 3 auction of African American  Art features exceptional and innovative post-war painting.

In honor of the 400th anniversary of the founding of New York City, Swann Galleries is bringing back the New York sa…

Stompers, a West Village boot store, was owned by classical composer Louis Weingarden. The store also featured a gal…

Art Practice Later Life & Transition

New York City, in its state of inevitable change, its restless power, its siren’s call to dreamers and doers, has pr…

This season-opening American Art auction begins with meditative landscapes from the nineteenth century, and moves to…

Who was Gerda Wegener? Since its release, David Ebershoff’s debut novel The Danish Girl and its subsequent 201…

The Swann Staff Art Show, which was on display from July 11 to 18, featured selected artworks in various media from …

Swann Galleries is excited to present the sixth iteration of the LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History. The sa…

In the 2024 Winter-Spring season, Swann Galleries continued to provide high-quality auctions of unusual and rare mat…

Swann closed out June 2024 with a standout Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on Thursday, June 27. The auction…

Our August Vintage Poster auction encompasses a broad array of genres, spanning the 19th-21st centuries, and from co…

As a specialized auction house, Swann has the unique ability to connect collectors with their specific interests. Th…

Swann Galleries announced on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the reorganization of their fine art offerings under the leaders…

Jules Feiffer’s career spans decades, producing a remarkable range of projects and generating numerous awards and ho…

Our June 27 Americana sale stretches across the ages from the 1500s to the 1980s. The age of early exploration is re…

Highlights from Swann’s June 25 timed Autographs Sale.

Featured in the June 13, 2024, auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books is Lot 166: Ja…

A Note From Swann Galleries President Nicholas D. Lowry May 24, 2024 In an industry not particularly known for big c…

Our Spring 2024 Illustration Art sale will showcase an exceptional selection of original artworks spanning various m…

Meagan Gandolfo discusses the emergence of vibrant print studios across the United States, coinciding with the rise …

This sale is set to include a wide range of historically important and interesting material for map, atlas, natural …

Devon Eastland, specialist for our Focus on Women auction, touches on the special nature of Emily Brontë’s Wut…

Swann’s June 6 Contemporary Art auction will feature an array of abstract expressionist work, Pop Art, 21st Ce…

There are several notable reasons why people collect tennis posters.  First and foremost, collectors of these pieces…

Swann President and Vintage Posters specialist Nicholas D. Lowry is joined by Nicole Markham, curator at the Museum …

Though utilizing a variety of artistic practices and genres, from portraiture, self, and of others to photojournalis…

Swann’s May 23 auction, Focus on Women

André Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto was first published in 1924. Breton, a writer and member of an earlier art movem…

Swann’s May 16 auction of Fine Photographs is headlines by two iconic female photographers.

Collecting Olympic posters was straightforward up until the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Prior to those games, the Internati…

Harold Porcher’s Illustrated Glossary of Modern & Post-War Movements II The post-war era of art, as an auc…

Swann Galleries’ spring offering of Fine Books on April 11, 2024, brought $974,793, with 84% of the lots findi…

Swann’s May poster auction offers the world’s most preeminent private tennis and sport collection.