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Family Collection Brings Record Results in One of Swann’s Highest-Grossing Poster Sales to Date
Joseph Cornell & His Own Brand of American Surrealism Though now considered one of the few American proponents o…
Our April 13 Printed & Manuscript Americana auction features an exciting an array of Civil War material represen…
The post-war period is headlined by a significant, six foot 1971 painting by Kenneth Victor Young featuring his…
The February 2023 timed-app exclusive sale of Fine Photographs brought $996,156 with 220 of the 266 lots offered fin…
Edward Penfield, the Father of the American Poster “A poster should tell its story at once—a design that needs…
The field of African American visual art is documented through exhibit posters and catalogues, two pieces of illustr…
Dada & Surrealism Twentieth Century Art Our selection of twentieth century art includes more than 200 lots of mu…
John Larson, Swann’s nineteenth and twentieth century literature specialist, shares five exciting lots from th…
An eclectic collection driven by an eye for the interesting, unusual, and beautiful, as well as intellectual interes…
Every winter we feature an unparalleled selection of skiing and winter sports images, and this year is no exception,…
Bidders will have the opportunity to explore material from visionaries, including a signed and inscribed photograph …
In times of economic hardship, the United States government has stepped in to create jobs for the unemployed through…
The Photographs season begins with an exciting online auction featuring an array of nineteenth- and twentieth-centur…
Nineteeth Century America When thinking of autographs, the first thing to come to mind is famous signatures—John Han…
Swann Galleries will open the 2023 winter season on February 16 with the Artists of the WPA. The sale marks the hous…
Middle Ages Through the Seventeenth Century When thinking of autographs, the first thing to come to mind is famous s…
2022 was a historic year for Swann in more ways than one. The house celebrated its 80th year of auctions, bringing w…
Swann Galleries kicked the final month of 2022 off with a sale of Modern & Post-War Art featuring Alma Thomas &a…
The December 15, 2022, sale of Illustration Art features a selection of vintage winter and holiday illustrations by …
Rafael Tufiño Rafael Tufiño was born in Brooklyn, NY, and moved to Puerto Rico at age ten. He served in the US Army …
Alma Thomas: Early Life & Career Born in Columbus, Georgia, in 1891, Alma Thomas was the eldest of four daughter…
December’s Illustration Art sale marks ten full years of auctions since the department’s inception. To celebrate thi…
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Related Reading Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene A special section is devoted to the artwork of Alma Thomas an…
Nicholas D. Lowry breaks down the best selection of aviation and airline designs to collect for the plane spotter in…
Swann prints and drawings director, Todd Weyman, provides an overview of op-artist M.C. Escher’s career Maurit…
The November 10, 2022, auction of Rare & Important Travel Posters includes the largest run of Maurice Logan post…
Abstract Expressionists & Pop Art Signature works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Helen Fr…
The Thursday, October 20 sale of Fine Photographs at Swann Galleries brought $1.2M with a strong showing for America…
Railways Ocean Liners Related Reading International Travel Additionally, the auction will feature posters touting ex…
The October 13, 2022 sale of Early Printed Books at Swann Galleries was the highest-gorssing auction of books in the…
Swann Autographs specialist Marco Tomaschett shares the ins and outs of starting your own rare autograph collection …
Romana Javitz was curator of The New York Public Library’s Picture Collection from 1928 to 1968, where she ass…
Among the nineteenth century offerings are a group of scarce etchings by James A. M. Whistler and Edouard …
Swann Galleries’ October 6, 2022 sale of African American Art delivered $3.7M with auction debuts and records for ar…
Swann’s fall 2022 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana held on September 29 earned $960k. Civil War-era mat…
Related Reading Fine Books Highlights in the literature portion of the sale include James Joyce’s Exiles and the fir…
Director Nigel Freeman shares his top eight lots to watch in the October 8, 2022 sale. Jacob Lawrence’s Westch…
We also feature Edward S. Curtis’ stunning orotone Prayer to the Stars, 1908; a male nude by Peter Hujar a…
From the Collection of Ken Rapoport Related Reading William Shakespeare Shakespeare makes several appearances in the…
