September 26, 2019Kelsie Jankowski19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Rare Martin Lewis Etching Debuts in Fall 2019 Prints & Drawings Sale Read more about Rare Martin Lewis Etching Debuts in Fall 2019 Prints & Drawings Sale Swann Galleries opened the fall 2019 season with an exceptional sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings featuring an auction debut for a rare early print by Martin Lewis and a record price for a print by Edvard Munch. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints 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… 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: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings March 15, 2018 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Our auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on March 13 offered an especially grand selection of original works by some of the greatest artists of the last… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings January 14, 2018 Prints & Drawings A Look Inside the Catalogue: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Here’s an overview of our auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on March 13: Diego Rivera’s scarce lithograph El sueño (La noche de los pobres), 1932, leads a… 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 Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints November 4, 2017 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints A new auction record for any print by American master Edward Hopper was established at our auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints on November 2. The extremely rare etching The… 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 East Hampton Artists May 10, 2017 Contemporary Art East Hampton Artists The community of East Hampton has long been known as an avant-garde artist enclave. Our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art features a century’s worth of output by artists who… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints 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… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings March 3, 2017 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings On Thursday, March 2, our sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings exceeded $3M and broke ten auction records. Topping the sale was the rare deluxe edition… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Specialist Selections: American Prints February 22, 2016 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Specialist Selections: American Prints The catalogue for our upcoming March 8 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings features an extensive selection of American works on paper. Over the past two decades, Swann has… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Works by American Print Masters August 5, 2015 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Works by American Print Masters The first half of the twentieth century produced a great number of American print masters and a shift in their focus. Prior to this period, American artists used printmaking mainly for… 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
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… Share Facebook Twitter
April 27, 2012 Old Master Through Modern Prints Top Lots: Old Master Through Modern Prints Wednesday’s sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints set several print records and saw strong results throughout every section of the sale, with American, European and Old Master prints achieving benchmark prices.… Share Facebook Twitter
April 20, 2012 Old Master Through Modern Prints Impressive Collection of American Prints in Next Week’s Sale Our April 25 auction of Old Master through Modern Prints contains a small but impressive assortment of American prints and drawings from the collection of a Virginia gentleman. The collector… Share Facebook Twitter
September 28, 2011 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings James A.M. Whistler: Three Print Records Set How many print records can we set? Our September 22 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings set three auction records for prints by important artists. Furthering our… Share Facebook Twitter