April 8, 2020Lauren GoldbergVintage Posters What You Should Know About Collecting Exhibition Posters Read more about What You Should Know About Collecting Exhibition Posters Lauren Goldberg, our vintage poster specialist, takes us through the ins-and-outs of what to look for when collecting an exhibition poster. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Art, Press & Illustrated Books: Blake, Cocteau & Rackham—Fall 2019 August 27, 2019 Art Press & Illustrated Books Art, Press & Illustrated Books: Blake, Cocteau & Rackham—Fall 2019 Fall 2019 promises a strong collection of exquisite artist’s books, and illustrated volumes, some unique and some from fine presses, including works by Arthur Rackham, William Blake and Jean Cocteau. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about The Cubies’ ABC: Advice or Satire? November 29, 2016 Art Press & Illustrated Books The Cubies’ ABC: Advice or Satire? In the wake of the 1913 Armory Show, art lovers were reeling from their first encounter with modern art. It was the first time Americans were exposed to the radical… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Standing on the Shoulders of Giants–Artists and Their Mentors September 18, 2015 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Standing on the Shoulders of Giants–Artists and Their Mentors Art History is rich with a web of connections between artists, many created by apprenticeships or mentoring relationships. Our September 24 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings… Share Facebook Twitter
November 4, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Picasso and the Cubists in the 1913 Armory Show List written by Picasso of European artists to be included in the 1913 Armory Show Though Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is considered one of the founders of the Cubist movement–with Georges… Share Facebook Twitter
October 16, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings The Armory Show at 100: An Introduction to the Catalogue This is the first in a series of posts about Swann’s upcoming November 5 auction titled The Armory Show at 100: America’s Introduction to Modern Art. The following essay by… Share Facebook Twitter
January 28, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings The Armory Show at 100: America’s Introduction to Modern Art This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the famed 1913 Armory Show. The seminal show was originally held in the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington & 25th Street, just across… Share Facebook Twitter
December 3, 2009 Photographs & Photobooks The Photobook and Conceptual Art Sol LeWitt, Autobiography, illustrated with more than 1,000 reproductions of LeWitt’s sequential photographs of his apartment and possessions, first edition, New York, 1980. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. Conceptual Art first… Share Facebook Twitter