December 21, 2018Kelsie JankowskiSwann 2018: Year in Review Read more about 2018: Year in Review A year of records, debuts and rediscovered works. As we reflect on 2018, we look back at an excellent year of auctions. In April we held our highest-grossing African-American Fine Art… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Remembering Eldzier Cortor December 2, 2015 African-American Fine Art Remembering Eldzier Cortor Thanksgiving weekend was tinged with grief this year as the art world mourned the loss of painter and print-maker Eldzier Cortor. Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1916, his family moved… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about “Rosenwald” an Excellent Documentary and an Important Legacy September 4, 2015 African-American Fine Art “Rosenwald” an Excellent Documentary and an Important Legacy Lot 26: Elizabeth Catlett, On the Subway, offset lithograph, 1986.Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. While Nigel Freeman, Director of our African-American Fine Arts Department is hard at work preparing for the preview and… 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
October 18, 2012 African-American Fine Art The Chicago Renaissance: Grounded in Life Figurative artists Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith and Charles White stayed true to their roots in social realism as their work evolved in the post-war decades. Unlike contemporaries Charles Alston, Norman… Share Facebook Twitter