September 30, 2016Swann NewsIllustration Art Records & Results: Illustration Art Draws A Crowd Read more about Records & Results: Illustration Art Draws A Crowd Our September 29, 2016 auction of Illustration Art offered works by Ludwig Bemelmans, Howard Chandler Christy and Man Ray to a room packed with eager buyers. The sale broke five auction records and covered… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about New Yorker Covers Return September 23, 2016 Illustration Art New Yorker Covers Return This fall at Swann, we continue our tradition of offering a spectacular selection of original New Yorker covers and cartoons. The cover of the New Yorker is one of the most… Share Facebook Twitter
January 16, 2015 Illustration Art Notes from the Catalogue: Jane Breskin Zalben Among the many well-known illustrators featured in our January 22 auction are a few artists whose work has never been seen at auction before. Award-winning artist Jane Breskin Zalben has… Share Facebook Twitter
April 24, 2014 Art Press & Illustrated Books Collectors on Collecting: Sam Speigel on Collecting Edward Gorey On May 7, Swann will auction The Edward Gorey Collection of Samuel Speigel, and the catalogue for that sale opens with this charming recollection from Speigel himself: Lot 241: The… Share Facebook Twitter
January 22, 2014 Illustration Art Of Provenance & Peter Rabbit Christine von der Linn, Swann’s Art & Illustrated Books expert, shares some insight into this week’s 20th Century Illustration auction: One of the challenges of putting together a sale of… Share Facebook Twitter
January 16, 2014 Illustration Art The Glory Days of Comic Strips in Reprints (and The New York Times) Dana Jennings wrote about the surge in reprints of vintage comic strips in the Books section of January 9 issue of the New York Times, and made the argument for… Share Facebook Twitter
January 14, 2014 Illustration Art Man-Cave-iana: The Birth of the Drool Renewed interest in and appreciation of so-called genre illustration art has resulted in the growth of colorful and not-so-colorful descriptives for this type of material: Pulp, Pin-Ups, Nudies and Calendar… Share Facebook Twitter
January 13, 2014 Illustration Art Charles Schultz’ Peanuts in Illustration Sale Few comic strips are more beloved than Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts, and few characters more enduring than Charlie Brown and his irrepressible beagle Snoopy. Schulz, a dog lover, even coined… Share Facebook Twitter
January 6, 2014 Illustration Art Judging a Book by Its Cover Our January 23 Illustration sale boasts an abundance of original book-cover art, many examples of which became iconic images of the literary works they graced and, in some cases, defined… Share Facebook Twitter
January 2, 2014 Illustration Art Seussian Advertisements: The Early Work of Theodor Seuss Geisel Swann Galleries is pleased to offer original illustrations by Dr. Seuss–also known as Theodor Geisel–in our January 23 auction of 20th Century Illustration, including some early advertisements by the beloved… Share Facebook Twitter
January 18, 2013 Art Press & Illustrated Books Drawings Abound at Swann in the Next Two Weeks The 2013 Swann auction schedule starts earlier than usual this year, and two auctions of drawings and original art have us abuzz with previews and sales in January. Michael Hague,… Share Facebook Twitter