The 2010s brought Swann a number of notable moments including memorable sales, the establishment of two new departments, and the celebration of the 75th anniversary of our first sale. Here we take a look at some of favorite highlights from the last ten years.
The afternoon session of Swann’s April 29 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints opens with more than 90 exceptional prints by James A.M. Whistler from a private collection, offered in their…
Our March 2015 prints and drawings auction featured an impressive selection of Martin Lewis prints, including etchings and drypoints that represented the entire span of his printmaking career. Lot 218:…
Among the items that Swann auctions are books, fine art prints, photographs, posters and maps–all of which have their own definition of the word “edition.” When it comes to prints,…
Diego Rivera (1886-1957), the painter who helped establish the Mexico Mural Movement and was a leading figure in Social Realism, was born in Guanajuato in North-Central Mexico. In 1897, Rivera…
Lot 367: a Self-Portrait of Thomas Hart Benton. Our September 23 auction offers a particularly strong selection of American Regionalist examples including an extensive collection of Thomas Hart Benton lithographs.…
Swann Galleries’ September 23-24 auction contains nearly 800 lots, including an impressive selection of Modern European Prints and Drawings. Among these, works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse stand out, and one of…
This color lino cut of Jacqueline is one of approximately 20 artist’s proofs aside from the edition of 50 and estimated at $100,000 to $150,000. Among the highlights of our…
Pissarro’s Bathers, etching and drypoint, 1895 is a highlight of our March 6 auction. Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was among the most significant players in the Impressionist movement, and co-wrote the…
Among the highlights of our March 6 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings is Pablo Picasso’s 1934 aquatint and etching Garçon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle. This…
Fall seems the appropriate time to examine James Jacques Tissot’s luminous 1878 etching and drypoint titled Octobre. Tissot (1836-1902) was a successful French society artist who built his career on portraying fashionable women…
Swann will offer a László Moholy-Nagy gouache and watercolor Composition in our 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings auction tomorrow. Moholy-Nagy (1894-1946) was an influential Jewish-Hungarian artist known for…
Among the many exquisite unique works in Swann’s September 12 Prints & Drawings auction is a double-sided drawing by Edgar Degas, drawn during one of the artist’s visits to Rome.…
Among the highlights of our September 12 auction of 19th & 29th Century Prints & Drawings is Honoré Daumier’s Rue Transnonain, le 15 Avril 1834, a lithograph from 1834. Daumier…
Our March 7, 2013 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings saw collectors in the U.S. and Europe focusing on works by well-known artists including Picasso, Matisse, Whistler,…
Pablo Picasso reigned supreme in Swann’s September 20 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings. The top lot, Picasso’s Tête de Femme (Portrait de Jacqueline de Face II), brought…
Today’s 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings auction features Amedeo Modigliani’s Gaston Longchamp, a circa 1914 pencil drawing that was once in the collection of Gaston Longchamp himself. Amedeo Modigliani, Gaston Longchamp, pencil,…
Swann’s September 20 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings features several scarce works by James A.M. Whistler, including The Boy (Charlie Hanson), a drypoint from 1875-76 that…
Swann Galleries recently mounted a special Paris exhibition of work from our upcoming auction, Jean-Émile Laboureur: Prints, Paintings & Livres d’Artiste. Todd Weyman and Erin Bennett brought 75 works from…
