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 A Look Inside the Catalogue: Autographs October 10, 2018 Autographs A Look Inside the Catalogue: Autographs At Auction November 8 Complete Catalogue Artists, Authors & Musicians Some artists have adorned their everyday communications with illustrations or artworks, and the sale includes two interesting examples: a… 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: African-American Fine Art April 9, 2018 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art We held our highest-grossing auction to date on April 5, totaling $4.5M—more than $1M over the high estimate of the sale. The 160 works that made up the highly curated… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Autographs March 26, 2018 Autographs Records & Results: Autographs Our auction of Autographs on March 22 offered a selection of letters, photographs and works by some of history’s greatest game-changers, with communications by founding fathers, letters from artists and… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art 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… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Swann Summer Reading List 2017 July 13, 2017 Swann Swann Summer Reading List 2017 We spoke to specialists at Swann about their extracurricular activities. Unsurprisingly, their interests are generally aligned with their specialty! We asked them to talk about what they’re reading, and compiled… 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
October 7, 2011 African-American Fine Art Yesterday’s Top Lots: African-American Fine Art Yesterday’s auction of African-American Fine Art saw heated bidding from dealers, collectors and institutions, resulting in strong prices for works by modern and contemporary artists. Charles White’s powerful drawing of… 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