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Maya Angelou

August 16, 2016|Swann News|Swann

2015-16: A Year of Records

Last year Swann Galleries saw 95 records and first appearances across 31 sales with some of our departments even breaking their own records. Treasures ranging from previously unknown works to…

September 16, 2015 | African-American Fine Art

Records & Results: The Art Collection of Maya Angelou

Swann saw a standing-room only auction yesterday for The Art Collection of Maya Angelou, and bidding was competitive the whole way through this short but intensely exciting sale. The sale…

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…

August 13, 2015 | African-American Fine Art

Phoebe Beasley : A Bright Look At Everyday Life

Celebrated artist Phoebe Beasley’s collages, paintings and screenprints play with color, pattern and texture while depicting scenes of family, community and everyday life. Three of Beasley’s works are included in The…

July 30, 2015 | African-American Fine Art

Biography of Dr. Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

On September 15,2015 Swann Galleries offered The Art Collection of Maya Angelou. Author, poet, actress and champion of civil rights, Dr. Maya Angelou was one of the most dynamic voices…

July 30, 2015 | African-American Fine Art

The Art Collection of Maya Angelou – A Foreword

Complete Catalogue Swann Galleries is very proud to be offering for sale the art collection of one America’s great cultural heroes, Dr. Maya Angelou. Dr. Angelou’s homes were filled with…

June 1, 2015 | African-American Fine Art

The Art Collection of Maya Angelou

Looking forward to Swann’s Fall 2015 auction season, especially The Art Collection of Dr. Maya Angelou. Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Maya Angelou, silver print, 1993. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500. Recently Swann Auction…

October 7, 2014 | African-American Fine Art

Notes from the Catalogue: Dr. Amalia Amaki on Dr. Richard A. Long

Dr. Amalia Amaki, noted art historian and artist, wrote the catalogue introduction for The Richard A. Long Collection of African-American Art. Dr. Amaki, a native Atlantan, received her Ph.D in…

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