January 13, 2020Kelsie JankowskiSwann 2010-19: The Decade in Review Read more about 2010-19: The Decade in Review 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. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about 2019 Spring Season in Review July 1, 2019 Swann 2019 Spring Season in Review A season of firsts. The 2019 spring auction season at Swann Galleries delivered an impressive range of sales, rife with auction premiers and record prices. We started our season off… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: American Art June 25, 2019 American Art Records & Results: American Art Modernists Lead American Art at Swann We continued the spring 2019 season with a sale of American Art on June 13, which boasted three artist records. American Modernists… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about America the Beautiful: City & Landscape Scenes of America’s Terrain June 7, 2019 American Art America the Beautiful: City & Landscape Scenes of America’s Terrain Our June 13 sale of American Art features an impressive selection of city, landscape and coastal scenes. The offering puts on display how the breadth and diversity of America’s terrain,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: American Art May 17, 2019 American Art Upcoming Highlights: American Art At Auction June 13 Complete Catalogue Exhibition Open June 8 – June 13 The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome special and educational groups with… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about How to Consign to an Auction December 14, 2018 Auctions 101 How to Consign to an Auction Thinking about selling at auction? Allow us to be of assistance. Swann is a third-generation family business and the oldest specialty auction house in New York City, known for our… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about 2017-18 Year in Review June 25, 2018 Swann 2017-18 Year in Review The 2017-18 auction season at Swann Galleries was replete with record prices and rediscovered paintings, offering works created as early as the fifteenth century and as recently as last year.… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: American Art June 18, 2018 American Art Records & Results: American Art Our auction of American Art on June 14 offered original works by bastions of the category including William Glackens and John Singer Sargent, as well as artists whose work has… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about The Many Illustrious Circles of Pavel Tchelitchew June 8, 2018 American Art The Many Illustrious Circles of Pavel Tchelitchew Multi-talented artists can appear in multiple departments at Swann. Our June 14 auction of American Art will feature highlights by Pavel Tchelitchew, whose work also appears in our auctions of Illustration… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art April 1, 2018 American Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art At Auction June 14 This highly curated sale of American Art presents original works in a variety of media, including drawings, watercolors and sculpture. Offerings range from nineteenth-century paintings… 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 Isle Adam: Timeless & Inspiring July 19, 2017 Vintage Posters Isle Adam: Timeless & Inspiring Shrewd perusers of our sales may notice a familiar eave lurking in the catalogue for our upcoming auction of Vintage Posters: the iconic orange roof of the beach house at… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Mrs. Stimson Joins Her Husband at the Huntington Historical Society June 27, 2017 American Art Mrs. Stimson Joins Her Husband at the Huntington Historical Society Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis Stimson lived in an estate in Huntington, Long Island. In his memoir, he wrote of her, “That marriage has now lasted over fifty-four years, during… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: American Art June 19, 2017 American Art Records & Results: American Art We closed our Spring 2017 season with a climactic sale of American Art on Thursday, June 15. The annual auction offered exclusively original or unique works by artists living or… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Spring 2017 June 16, 2017 Swann Records & Results: Spring 2017 The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benjamin Swann held an auction dedicated to rare and antiquarian books.… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Winslow Homer’s Personal “Bible” June 9, 2017 American Art Winslow Homer’s Personal “Bible” On a visit to his Prout’s Neck studio, Winslow Homer’s friend and fellow artist John W. Beatty picked up a dogeared book and asked him if he found it of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Recently Rediscovered Watercolor by John Marin June 7, 2017 American Art Recently Rediscovered Watercolor by John Marin A recently rediscovered watercolor by John Marin will be making its auction debut in our June 15 sale of American Art. The work displays two features for which the artist… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Postwar Innovations in Printmaking May 5, 2017 Contemporary Art Postwar Innovations in Printmaking These examples come from our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art. From the initial proliferation of engraving in the fifteenth century to the explosion of lithography in the late 1800s,… 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 Guy C. Wiggins: An Impression of Winter in New York June 8, 2016 American Art Guy C. Wiggins: An Impression of Winter in New York It will be warm and sunny here in New York for our American Art auction tomorrow, but some of the top lots of the sale feature the Big Apple draped… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Notes from the Catalogue: Two Studies by American Artists June 2, 2016 American Art Notes from the Catalogue: Two Studies by American Artists For collectors, a study can be a prized acquisition because it is both a work of art and a source of insight into an artist’s process. Our upcoming auction of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Covarrubias and Rivera: Men at the Crossroads June 1, 2015 American Art Covarrubias and Rivera: Men at the Crossroads Composed in 1933, this caricature by Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias shows a dismayed Rockefeller pulling back a drape to discover a portrait of Soviet Union Leader Vladimir Lenin included… Share Facebook Twitter
February 12, 2015 African-American Fine Art Living Legend: Eldzier Cortor On Saturday, February 21 the South Side Community Arts Center in Chicago will host an event celebrating the work of renowned artist and printmaker Eldzier Cortor. Swann’s own Nigel Freeman will… Share Facebook Twitter
September 18, 2014 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings The U.S. Scene: Thomas Hart Benton and American Regionalism 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.… Share Facebook Twitter
June 14, 2014 American Art Top Lots: Winslow Homer, Preston Dickinson & James D. Smillie The first of its kind at Swann to break $1 Million, the American Art auction on Thursday was our highest-grossing sale in this category ever, with a sale total of… Share Facebook Twitter
June 13, 2014 African-American Fine Art Barkley L. Hendricks in Conversation with Nigel Freeman at Swann Last week Swann Galleries had the pleasure of hosting an artist talk with Barkley L. Hendricks, whose “unique work resides at the nexus of American realism and post-modernism, a space… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: African-American Fine Art June 12, 2014 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art Lot 61: William T. Williams, Truckin, acrylic on canvas, 1969. Sold June 10, 2014 for $137,000. An auction focused on the politically charged and artistically fertile period of the… Share Facebook Twitter
June 11, 2014 American Art Naturalist Charles Burchfield If you’ve got summer on your mind these days–and who doesn’t?–you may be drawn to some of the bucolic images in Swann’s June 12 auction of American Art. And, among… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Found: Winslow Homer’s Study for Fresh Air June 10, 2014 American Art Found: Winslow Homer’s Study for Fresh Air Fans of Winslow Homer, rejoice! On June 12, Swann Galleries will auction a pen and ink drawing by the celebrated American illustrator and artist–a study for his seminal, same-titled watercolor Fresh Air.… Share Facebook Twitter
May 22, 2014 American Art Let It Snow: Guy C. Wiggins’s Views of New York City With Memorial Day approaching, all of us here in New York are hoping for warm weather. But, among the most charming images in our June 12 auction of American Art,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats May 21, 2014 American Art Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats Barnet’s watercolor and oil, Play, differs from the later print. Among the highlights of our June 12 auction of American Art—and the image that graces the catalogue cover—is Will… Share Facebook Twitter
April 11, 2014 American Art Artwork from the Collection of Artist James D. Smillie Lot 290 in Swann’s April 29 auction is Smillie’s The Rocky Mountains (Lander’s Peak), set of 12 engravings after Albert Bierstadt, progressive proofs, 1865-66. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000. This Spring, Swann… Share Facebook Twitter
April 4, 2014 American Art A Fleeting Moment: Edward Hopper’s Evening Wind Edward Hopper’s evocative etching, Evening Wind, from 1921, is among the highlights of Swann Galleries’ April 29 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints. Hopper was born in Nyack, New… Share Facebook Twitter
February 26, 2014 American Art American Modernism: John Marin’s Brooklyn Bridge Lot 268 is John Marin’s Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York, etching and drypoint, 1913. Swann Galleries’ March 6 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings features a… Share Facebook Twitter
May 31, 2013 American Art Notes from the Catalogue: Jane Peterson Campo Santa Margherita, Venice, gouache, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 1923. Our June 13 auction of American Art features five unique works by Jane Peterson, an American artist born in… Share Facebook Twitter
May 29, 2013 American Art Notes from the Catalogue: Paul Cadmus’s Nantucket Man Male Nude, NM 276, color crayon, 1996. Estimate $18,000 to $22,000. Among the highlights of Swann’s June 13 auction of American Art is a run of works by Paul Cadmus, created in his early… Share Facebook Twitter
November 14, 2012 American Art Three Christmas Cards From Artists The holiday season seems to have surprised everyone this year with its early arrival, but there is still time to get your Christmas cards in order. Need inspiration? Look no… Share Facebook Twitter
September 5, 2012 African-American Fine Art New Exhibition: Robert S. Duncanson One standout exhibition to see this fall is the first-ever New York City survey of work by Robert S. Duncanson. The exhibition, called Robert S. Duncanson: Antebellum African American Artist,… Share Facebook Twitter
June 19, 2012 American Art Top Lots: American Art / Contemporary Art Thursday’s two-part sale resulted in the highest total ever for Swann’s semi-annual auction of American Art / Contemporary Art. One of the top lots from the Contemporary portion of the sale,… Share Facebook Twitter
November 21, 2011 American Art American & Contemporary Art Last week’s American Art / Contemporary Art auction resulted in new records and strong prices all around, with both sections bringing strong prices. The top lot was Robert Gwathmey’s excellent… Share Facebook Twitter
November 16, 2011 American Art Robert Gwathmey Paintings in Tomorrow’s American Art Auction Tomorrow morning’s auction of American Art features strong examples of drawings and paintings by a wide range of artists. Some of the most striking works in the sale are by… Share Facebook Twitter
June 10, 2011 American Art Jared French Tops American Art / Contemporary Art Jared French’s Siren brought $138,000; the third highest auction price ever for a Jared French painting. The top lot in yesterday’s auction of American Art and Contemporary Art was Jared French’s… Share Facebook Twitter
May 25, 2011 American Art Summer Vacation Landscapes After an interminably long winter, Memorial Day weekend is almost here. While this year’s winter seemed unusually harsh, and spring’s allergies abnormally potent, the escapist urge presents itself like clockwork… Share Facebook Twitter
January 21, 2011 African-American Fine Art Romare Bearden: Celebrating One Hundred Years Romare Bearden, Tidings, collage of various papers and mixed media, circa 1973. Estimate: $30,000 to $50,000. Romare Bearden is undoubtedly one of America’s greatest artists. Today, his collages are viewed… Share Facebook Twitter
November 15, 2010 American Art Lloyd Goodrich and Reginald Marsh This Thursday’s American Art sale includes several items from the collection of Lloyd Goodrich, one of the most distinguished American art historians of the 20th century and Director of the… Share Facebook Twitter
October 5, 2009 Photographs & Photobooks Diane Arbus and the American Art Scene Among the highlights in our October 22 auction of Photographs & Photographic Literature are portraits by Diane Arbus of key figures in the American Art Scene for a 1966 story… Share Facebook Twitter