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Albrecht Durer

October 2, 2019|Lauren Kristin|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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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: …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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