April 8, 2020Lauren GoldbergVintage Posters What You Should Know About Collecting Exhibition Posters Read more about What You Should Know About Collecting Exhibition Posters Lauren Goldberg, our vintage poster specialist, takes us through the ins-and-outs of what to look for when collecting an exhibition poster. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Fine Photographs: Highlights by Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe & Michael Halsband March 22, 2020 Photographs & Photobooks Fine Photographs: Highlights by Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe & Michael Halsband At Auction June 11, 2020 Masterworks of 20th-Century Photography Michael Halsband’s iconic 1985 silver print, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, presents the two painters in boxing attire. Robert Mapplethorpe’s oversize… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Telling Queer Stories: The Challenges of Unearthing a History July 17, 2019 Pride Telling Queer Stories: The Challenges of Unearthing a History What are the inherent challenges in telling a history that is still being unearthed, and what can media and material objects add to that story? Against the backdrop of the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: The Pride Sale June 27, 2019 Pride Records & Results: The Pride Sale Historic Pride Sale at Swann Brings Market Premiers and Auction Records The Pride Sale on Thursday, June 20 offered a curated selection of LGBTQ+ art, photography, literature, autographs… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Notes from the Catalogue: Candy Darling June 12, 2019 Pride Notes from the Catalogue: Candy Darling “Every woman who wants to be beautiful should be beautiful” Among the many items up for auction in our June 20 Pride Sale, is an archive of personal effects of Candy Darling an enduring trans icon, American actress… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Contemporary Art March 12, 2019 Contemporary Art Upcoming Highlights: Contemporary Art At Auction May 16 Complete Catalogue David Hockney’s Red Celia, a portrait of designer Celia Birtwell, for which Hockney looked to Picasso and Matisse for inspiration, is among the highlights,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about In Your Hands or On the Wall: an Appreciation for the Tangible Photograph February 12, 2019 Photographs & Photobooks In Your Hands or On the Wall: an Appreciation for the Tangible Photograph Our upcoming sale of Photographs: Art & Visual Culture celebrates photographs as objects. Daile Kaplan, the house’s Director of Photographs & Photobooks, shares her appreciation of the tangible in the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Contemporary Art October 18, 2018 Contemporary Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: Contemporary Art At Auction November 15 Complete Catalogue Original Works This sale is notable for its strong selection of original works on paper, including an abstract gouache by Sonia Delaunay, as… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Contemporary Art May 24, 2018 Contemporary Art Records & Results: Contemporary Art Abstract Attractions We offered nearly 400 works by some of the twentieth century’s greatest innovators in our May 22 auction of Contemporary Art. Abstract works ruled the day, with… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Contemporary Art April 12, 2018 Contemporary Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: Contemporary Art At Auction May 22 Our spring auction of Contemporary Art features a wide-ranging selection of sculpture, paintings and multiples from the last 75 years, with works by Banksy, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Graphic Design March 30, 2018 Vintage Posters A Look Inside the Catalogue: Graphic Design At Auction May 3 Graphic Design This auction celebrates innovation in the field of graphic design, with a colorful offering of vintage posters, along with a coterie of fine… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Vintage Posters 101 January 23, 2018 Auctions 101 Vintage Posters 101 So you’ve fallen in love with a vintage poster. What next? Here are some of the most important things to consider when talking about, looking for, and decorating with vintage… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Magnum Photographs: 70th Anniversary October 16, 2017 Photographs & Photobooks Magnum Photographs: 70th Anniversary Magnum Photos, founded as a cooperative agency in 1947, is perhaps the most well-known photographic collective in the world. Through the Magnum photographs included in our October 19 auction of Art… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Swann Summer Reading List 2017 July 13, 2017 Swann Swann Summer Reading List 2017 We spoke to specialists at Swann about their extracurricular activities. Unsurprisingly, their interests are generally aligned with their specialty! We asked them to talk about what they’re reading, and compiled… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Graphic Design June 1, 2017 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Graphic Design Our May 25 auction of Graphic Design offered a cornucopia of inspired works spanning fin de siècle Art Nouveau masters to modernist posters. The top lot of the sale was Col… 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 Notes From the Catalogue: Roy Lichtenstein’s “Sunrise” May 11, 2016 Contemporary Art Notes From the Catalogue: Roy Lichtenstein’s “Sunrise” Pop art master Roy Lichtenstein is known for creating works in a number of mediums, including paintings, prints and sculpture. Our upcoming auction of Contemporary Art features multiple works by Lichtenstein,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Contemporary Art at Swann: Heavy Hitters and Rising Stars February 26, 2016 Contemporary Art Contemporary Art at Swann: Heavy Hitters and Rising Stars When you think about Contemporary Art, a few big names and images immediately come to mind: the iconic pop art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the graffiti art of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Warhol’s Wild Raspberries: Delectable Drawings with a Side of Tangy Text June 5, 2015 Art Press & Illustrated Books Warhol’s Wild Raspberries: Delectable Drawings with a Side of Tangy Text Are you exhausted by gourmet cuisine? Wearied by the sight of an elaborately laid table? Andy Warhol and Suzie Frankfurt felt much the same in 1959, a time when the… Share Facebook Twitter
November 4, 2014 Contemporary Art Wearable Art: Basquiat Tags a Jacket A highlight in our upcoming auction of Contemporary Art is a leather jacket tagged by various 1980s graffiti artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). These artists frequented the popular four-floor after-hours… Share Facebook Twitter
April 29, 2014 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Vintage Posters The three top lots in Swann Galleries’ April 24 auction each set new auction records in a sale marked by incredible results for esoteric images. Lot 1 was Bertold Löffler’s Kunstschau… Share Facebook Twitter
February 19, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks The Photobook Library of Bill Diodato: Provocateurs & Innovators As collector Bill Diodato knows, photography begins with the birth of the photobook. Long before the white wall or editioned print–and more than century before galleries and museums exhibited pictures–photographers… Share Facebook Twitter
November 8, 2013 Contemporary Art GA-43 Robot: Andy Warhol at a Child’s Eye Level Among the Andy Warhol prints in Swann’s upcoming auction of Contemporary Art is GA-43 Robot, a unique color screenprint on canvas from 1983. Warhol melded printmaking and painting, blurring the line… Share Facebook Twitter
October 24, 2012 Art Press & Illustrated Books Top Lots: Art, Press & Illustrated Books Our October 11 sale of Art, Press & Illustrated Books resulted in strong prices from examples of fine art press books to pop art portfolios. Notably, Gustav Klimt’s first and… 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 9, 2011 19th & 20th Century Literature Yesterday’s Top Lots: Art, Press & Illustrated Books / 19th & 20th Century Literature Yesterday’s auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books / 19th & 20thCentury Literature saw activity in all sections of the catalogue, and for every successfully sold item, there were numerous… 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
December 6, 2010 Photographs & Photobooks Andy Warhol’s Index Book Finely packaged and replete with surprises, Andy Warhol’s Index (Book), included in Thursday’s Important Photographs & Photobooks auction, introduces Warhol’s parallel themes of charming whimsy, and his brilliant upending of… Share Facebook Twitter