Family Collection Brings Record Results in One of Swann’s Highest-Grossing Poster Sales to Date
Our prints and drawings department shares their favorite lots from the September 22, 2022 sale of American Art.
Stattler explains the detective work that sometimes goes into researching an item’s history and provenance Auc…
The sale is also rich in graphic content, including a large battlefield painting titled The 16th Maine Volunteers, F…
Related Reading Modernist highlights include a wonderful drawing by Jacob Lawrence, a scarce stone carving by Marion…
This signature sale will showcase important works by American Impressionist artists including Edward Potthast, Julia…
The winter-spring auction season at Swann is a masterclass in marathon training, and the 2022 iteration proved no di…
The 1920s were a time of prosperity in America. World War I had ended and the pessimism of the 1910s turned into opt…
Beefcake imagery was appropriated by the gay community for its own benefits to become a visual testimony of same-sex…
the market established with the LGBTQ+ sales. Both photographers speak here in their own words, discussing their app…
“I think I’m in the tradition of a certain kind of American artist (…) Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline—t…
The legacy of Roger Broders’ poster design has made his name synonymous with French Art Deco travel posters. His art…
Summer is well underway which means our auction schedule has slowed and our specialists and staff have a bit more do…
The 1913 Armory Show Inspired by time spent in Europe, around 1910, Arthur Dove became the first American artist to …
In keeping with our August tradition, this sale will feature a plethora of World War I and II posters, sought-after …
James Macry in our prints and drawings department examines two works that exemplify the market for Edward Hopper pri…
This August, Swann is proud to host its fourth annual, LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History sale. The success …
Edward Hopper & His Contemporaries At the turn of the twentieth century, artists began to confront the dominance…
John Larson, Swann’s nineteenth and twentieth century literature specialist, shares five lots that are sure to…
In our 80 years as a company, Swann has always been an auction house dedicated to niche markets with specialists who…
In our upcoming Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books summer sale, bidders can explore&nb…
Abstract Artists From Alma Thomas to Jack Whitten Here we explore Black artists who have expanded abstract technique…
In this year’s Focus on Women sale, we are pleased to offer several interesting epistolary novels written by women. …
Fine Autographs Marilyn Monroe is a star of the auction, with two featured autographs, including a pin-up calendar s…
Edward Hopper Among the Hopper works highlights include an exceedingly scarce etching of The Railroad, 1922, and the…
The Emily & Sam Bush Collection Emily and Sam Bush opened Bush Galleries in Norwich, Vermont in 1984 as one of t…
There has been exciting and novel automobile advertising for as long as there have been cars. From the earliest days…
This season Swann is introducing Latinx Art as a featured category in our May 26 Modern & Post-War Art auction.…
Celebrating Black Women This year’s Focus On Women sale contains the work of a number of significant Black wom…
The May 5, 2022 sale of Early Printed Books features the first part of the complete library of bibliophile Ken Rapop…
canons of dominant New York and international art markets. What they found among the area’s expansive ocean, r…
This season’s Modern & Post-War Art auction is set to present a broad scope of artistic movements, featuri…
An artist’s early career is often filled with many hardships and struggles — this was true for the Old Masters…
Art Deco Art Deco, Cubist and Futurist aficionados will be besotted with two offerings by Marcello Nizzoli for Campa…
Featuring Art from the Collection of the late Francis V. O’Connor, Co-editor of the Jackson Pollock Catalogue R…
Nestled among the outstanding selection of fine Rembrandt etchings in the Old Master through Modern Prints auction t…
…And some who are still experimenting and expanding the genre.
The spring 2022 offering of African American Art closed out the March auctions at Swann with an exceptional marathon…
On Monday, March 28, ahead of our spring 2022 sale of African American Art, department director Nigel Freeman sat do…
Swann Galleries celebrates its 80th anniversary with a note from president Nicholas D. Lowry.
The material that passes through Swann on a daily basis ranges in value and interest, sometimes we see an item crop …
