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August 6, 2019|Lauren Kristin|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.

June 25, 2019 | American Art

Records & Results: American Art

Modernists Lead American Art at Swann We continued the spring 2019 season with a sale of American Art on June 13, which boasted three artist records. American Modernists…

June 7, 2019 | American Art

America the Beautiful: City & Landscape Scenes of America’s Terrain

Our June 13 sale of American Art features an impressive selection of city, landscape and coastal scenes. The offering puts on display how the breadth and diversity of America’s terrain,…

May 17, 2019 | American Art

Upcoming Highlights: American Art

At Auction June 13 Complete Catalogue Exhibition Open June 8 – June 13 The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome special and educational groups with…

August 10, 2018 | African-American Fine Art

A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art

At Auction October 4 Complete Catalogue Highlights from our upcoming selection of fine art by African-American masters. Elizabeth Catlett Works by figurative greats include the earliest sculpture…

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…

October 11, 2017 | African-American Fine Art

Records & Results: African-American Fine Art

Four works exceeded $100,000 at our sale of African-American Fine Art on Thursday, October 5. A wealth of unique paintings, drawings and monotypes distinguished the sale of approximately 150 lots, nearly…

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…

January 19, 2016 | African-American Fine Art

Records & Results: African-American Fine Art

The December 15 sale of African-American Fine Art ended the 2015 season here at Swann with record-smashing success. Lot 49: Norman Lewis, Untitled, oil on canvas, circa 1958. Sold December…

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…

January 29, 2010 | Printed & Manuscript African Americana

James Amos Porter Archive Comes to Auction

Among the highlights of our 15th annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana is an incredible archive comprising James Amos Porter’s African-American Art History Reference materials. The lot contains…

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