January 31, 2020Kelsie JankowskiAfrican-American Fine Art Historic Auction for African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Co. Read more about Historic Auction for African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Co. Our Thursday, January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company was an all-around success. The packed auction room saw all 87 lots find buyers, bringing $2.9 million—over twice the high-estimate for the auction—29 new auction records were established, and 22 artists made their market debuts. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company December 7, 2019 African-American Fine Art African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company We welcome a new decade with 100 fine artworks from the collection of the Johnson Publishing Company, a great institution of American publishing and an icon of African-American culture. The sale will feature paintings, sculpture and works on paper from diverse periods, with 75 artists featured, Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Women of Color Featured in African-American Fine Art: Fall 2019 August 26, 2019 African-American Fine Art Women of Color Featured in African-American Fine Art: Fall 2019 At Swann, we’re lucky to contribute to an overall market correction, offering exceptional art by women of color, whose work on the themes of feminism and identity is increasingly being recognized by a more equitable marketplace. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Fall 2019: African-American Fine Art August 6, 2019 African-American Fine Art Fall 2019: African-American Fine Art Highlights this fall from the African-American Fine Art department: sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Johnson and Augusta Savage, iconic works by Carrie Mae Weems, paintings by Allan Rohan Crite, Henry Ossawa Tanner and Hughie Lee-Smith. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Contemporary Collection Highlights African-American Women September 19, 2018 African-American Fine Art A Contemporary Collection Highlights African-American Women Selections from the Dr. Robert H. Derden Collection of Contemporary Art are featured in our October 4 African-American Fine Art sale, a private collection located in Chicago, Illinois. The works… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about #5WomenArtists – Lauren Goldberg’s List March 29, 2018 Vintage Posters #5WomenArtists – Lauren Goldberg’s List As part of Women’s History Month, we’re offering a week of #5WomenArtists, inspired by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. We asked some women of Swann to tell us… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about #5WomenArtists: Deborah Rogal’s List March 26, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks #5WomenArtists: Deborah Rogal’s List We’re jumping into Women’s History Month to offer a week of #5WomenArtists, inspired by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. We asked some women of Swann to tell… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art January 30, 2018 African-American Fine Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art Two highlights of this sale on April 5 are significant, vibrant paintings by modernist New York artists. Beauford Delaney’s large Untitled (Village Street Scene), 1948, depicts a Greenwich Village corner in… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Notes from the Catalogue: Four of our Favorite Current Artists September 21, 2016 African-American Fine Art Notes from the Catalogue: Four of our Favorite Current Artists Collecting the work of current artists provides a link to the contemporary creative community, even if the piece was created decades ago. Here are four of our favorite working artists, selected from our October… Share Facebook Twitter
October 4, 2011 African-American Fine Art African-American Fine Art Across the Country Across the U.S. this fall, a bevy of museum shows related to the impressive works in Thursday’s African-American Fine Art auction have opened. Hale Woodruff, Rape of Europa, oil on canvas, circa… Share Facebook Twitter
February 2, 2011 African-American Fine Art Elizabeth Catlett Sculptures at Swann and in the Bronx Our upcoming preview will be the first time Elizabeth Catlett’s 1967 sculpture, Untitled (Standing African-American Woman), will be on public exhibition in the United States. The nearly four-foot high sculpture, which had been in a… Share Facebook Twitter