Even those unfamiliar with Alphonse Mucha’s name will recognize the tendrils of hair and profusion of delicate flowers surrounding his seraphic models. But what of the man himself? How did these ethereal…
Our April auction brought in a total of $3.22 million, with three pieces by James A.M. Whistler going for spectacular six figure prices. Todd Weyman, Swann Galleries Vice President and…
The afternoon session of Swann’s April 29 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints opens with more than 90 exceptional prints by James A.M. Whistler from a private collection, offered in their…
Our upcoming 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings sale features an impressive selection of Martin Lewis prints, including etchings and drypoints that represent the entire span of his printmaking…
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…
Lot 268 is John Marin’s Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York, etching and drypoint, 1913. Swann Galleries’ March 6 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings features a…
Fall seems the appropriate time to examine James Jacques Tissot’s luminous 1878 etching and drypoint titled Octobre. Tissot (1836-1902) was a successful French society artist who built his career on portraying fashionable women…
