March 6, 2020Lauren KristinAfrican-American Fine Art African-American Fine Art: April 2020 Highlights Read more about African-American Fine Art: April 2020 Highlights Auction Date TBA Complete Catalogue Earliest Work by David Hammons to Come to Auction From the postwar period, a top lot bound to garner attention is an untitled mixed-paper collage… 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 Four Unique Works by Charles White Debut at Auction October 2, 2017 African-American Fine Art Four Unique Works by Charles White Debut at Auction The highlight of our October 5 auction of African-American Fine Art is a series of unique works by Charles White that have never before appeared at auction. We spoke to our… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Specialists in the Field: Nigel Freeman at the Tate August 1, 2017 African-American Fine Art Specialists in the Field: Nigel Freeman at the Tate Nigel Freeman, founder and director of our African-American Fine Art department, is in London this week visiting some familiar images. Two of the works in the Tate Modern’s latest exhibition, Soul of… 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 Records & Results: African-American Fine Art April 11, 2017 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art The crowd was standing-room only at our April 6 auction of African-American Fine Art. The sale totaled more than $2.5M, with five of the top lots breaking previous auction records, all… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Los Angeles Assemblage Artists March 28, 2017 African-American Fine Art Los Angeles Assemblage Artists From the catalogue of our April 6 sale of African-American Fine Art. Assemblage emerged as a dynamic new art form in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. The… 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
June 5, 2014 African-American Fine Art Assemblage Artist Noah Purifoy at Auction for First Time Swann Galleries is pleased to offer the first significant work by assemblage artist Noah Purifoy to come to auction in our upcoming sale of African-American Fine Art titled The Shape of Things… Share Facebook Twitter
January 10, 2012 African-American Fine Art Happy Birthday, Max Roach! Today Max Roach, jazz musician, activist, educator and collector, would have turned 88. Swann is proud to offer several works from the artist’s estate in our upcoming February 16 sale… Share Facebook Twitter
September 29, 2010 African-American Fine Art David Hammons Garners International Recognition for African-American Art Contemporary African-American artist David Hammons is known for his body prints and assemblages of found objects, such as his fly swatter. His oversize version of an African-American flag hangs outside the Studio… Share Facebook Twitter
February 25, 2010 African-American Fine Art Hammons, or World’s Most Expensive Fly Swatter? Among the top lots at Tuesday’s auction of African-American Fine Art was a unique Fly Swatter created in 1992 by contemporary artist David Hammons, which sold for $66,000 to a… Share Facebook Twitter