November 5, 2019Kelsie JankowskiOld Master Through Modern Prints Rembrandt Etching of Pieter Haaring Brings a New Record for the Print Read more about Rembrandt Etching of Pieter Haaring Brings a New Record for the Print With an offering from the past five centuries, our October 29, 2019 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints brought collectors exceptional works from key artists and included Rembrandt etchings from the John Villarino Collection. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Fall 2019: Old Master Through Modern Prints October 2, 2019 Prints & Drawings Fall 2019: Old Master Through Modern Prints Old Master works include early tour-de-force impressions by Francisco José de Goya, Albrecht Dürer, Pieter Bruegel, Antonio da Canal, Il Canaletto and Giovanni B. Piranesi. Further highlights in the art of printmaking from the nineteenth through the twentieth century include works by European and American masters Thomas Hart Benton, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Martin Lewis and Henri Matisse. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints March 13, 2019 Prints & Drawings Upcoming Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints Featuring Latin American Art At Auction May 2 Complete Catalogue A selection of Old Master prints includes highlights from Rembrandt and Albrecht Dürer, as well as iconic engravings from the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints September 15, 2018 Prints & Drawings A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints At Auction November 1 Complete Catalogue Old Masters An exceptional selection of Old Master prints by visionaries such as Rembrandt van Rijn and Albrecht Dürer is led by the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about 2017: Year in Review December 28, 2017 Swann 2017: Year in Review In our diamond anniversary year, we offered a star-studded roster of 30 auctions, setting nearly 100 records and introducing countless items to the market, including a previously unknown photograph of Harriet… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Schedel’s Map: The Last View of the Old World November 28, 2017 Maps & Atlases Schedel’s Map: The Last View of the Old World A historic map shows us where we’ve been, not only geographically but also in terms of the extent of our knowledge, our beliefs and even our technology. Two works coming… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints May 4, 2017 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints On Tuesday, May 2, we offered Old Master Through Modern Prints, with highlights from as long ago as 1495 and as recent as 1959. The top lot of the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Though Modern Prints, Featuring Camille Pissarro, Impressionist Icon November 10, 2016 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Though Modern Prints, Featuring Camille Pissarro, Impressionist Icon At least a dozen auction records were set at our three-part sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints, Featuring Camille Pissarro: Impressionist Icon, on November 3. The sale was crowned… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Spotlight on Highlights: Chiaroscuro Woodcuts October 31, 2016 Prints & Drawings Spotlight on Highlights: Chiaroscuro Woodcuts Some of the most intriguing examples in November 3’s Old Master Through Modern Prints auction are sixteenth-century chiaroscuro woodcuts. We asked our Prints & Drawings department to explain the term: … Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about 2015-16: A Year of Records August 16, 2016 Swann 2015-16: A Year of Records Last year Swann Galleries saw 95 records and first appearances across 31 sales with some of our departments even breaking their own records. Treasures ranging from previously unknown works to… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints December 2, 2015 Old Master Through Modern Prints Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints Our biannual sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints on November 4 brought robust results for timeless collector and dealer favorites Picasso, Rembrandt, Dürer and Matisse. Lot 598: Pablo… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Fantastic Beasts and Figures of Myth in Old Master Through Modern Prints October 30, 2015 Old Master Through Modern Prints Fantastic Beasts and Figures of Myth in Old Master Through Modern Prints While works by the old masters are often known to depict religious scenes, their work occasionally strayed into fantastical territory as well, showing a range of creatures and myth. Here… Share Facebook Twitter
May 6, 2015 Old Master Through Modern Prints Records & Results; Old Master Through Modern Prints Our April auction brought in a total of $3.22 million, with three pieces by James A.M. Whistler going for spectacular six figure prices. Todd Weyman, Swann Galleries Vice President and… Share Facebook Twitter
April 4, 2014 Old Master Through Modern Prints What Does St. Anthony Read? This superb, richly inked Meder a impression of Durer’s St. Anthony Reading is estimated at $60,000 to $90,000. Swann Galleries remains the only U.S. auction house to devote regular sales… Share Facebook Twitter
May 6, 2013 Old Master Through Modern Prints Top Lots: Old Master Through Modern Prints The first sale in Swann’s very busy May 2013 schedule of auctions was Old Master Through Modern Prints on the first day of the month. George Bellows’s 1917 lithograph A Stag at Sharkey’s brought… Share Facebook Twitter
April 25, 2013 Old Master Through Modern Prints Notes from the Catalogue: Dürer’s Meisterstiche Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I, St. Jerome in His Study and Knight, Death and the Devil, all from 1514 and related in size, style and technical complexity, have been considered his… Share Facebook Twitter