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Browsing Tag African-American Fine Art

March 13, 2024

This special evening celebration of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation will offer an opportunity to collect contemporary works while supporting Rush. Join us in person, online…

March 6, 2024

This season's African American Art auction features an array of Harlem Renaissance pieces, post-war figurative art, and contemporary art.

August 30, 2022

Related Reading Modernist highlights include a wonderful drawing by Jacob Lawrence, a scarce stone carving by Marion Perkins, and a significant welded steel sculpture by Harold…

November 23, 2021

We tasked our Modern & Post-War Art Director, Harold Porcher, to share the top lots to watch in the upcoming auction on December 2. Fine Sculpture Abstract Works Abstract Works

October 12, 2021

“We are beyond thrilled with the results of the October 7, 2021 auction, which was a historic sale for Swann Galleries: our first auction to hammer over $4 million. Great…

August 30, 2021

Including highlights by Hale Woodruff, Elizabeth Catlett, Richard Mayhew, Sam Gilliam, Howardena Pindell, Noah Purifoy, Simone Leigh, Emma Amos, and others.

April 26, 2021

Auction Brings $3.9 Million – Second-Highest Grossing Sale in Department Thirteen-Year History Our spring offering of African American Art on April 22, 2021 was the second…

April 19, 2021

Howardena Pindell, Betye Saar, Vanessa German, Bisa Butler, and Dindga McCannon are assemblage artists that apply found items and fabrics that previously held different uses or…

April 1, 2021

With the arrival of baseball’s Opening Day, spring is truly here. Swann does not handle baseball memorabilia in the traditional sense, leaving the encapsulated gem-mint…

March 30, 2021

At Auction April 22, 2021 Early 20th Century & Harlem Renaissance Modern Art Post-War Art Collection of the Ness Oleson Trust 20th Century Contemporary Featuring Howardena…