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Browsing Tag Modern Art

June 3, 2025

Swann's inaugural 20th Century Fine Art auction showcases a remarkable century of artistic innovation, from iconic European modernism to vibrant American works.

May 1, 2025

Our May Modern & Post-War Art auction brings together the many subcategories of Modernist art, offering a tremendous range of techniques and philosophies.

October 22, 2024

This October Modern & Post-War art auction will feature works by Janice Biala, Joe Brainard, William Grosvenor Congdon, Lynne Drexler, Helen Frankenthaler, Karl Knaths, Paul…

March 21, 2024

Highlights from the upcoming spring Modern & Post-War Art Sale.

November 16, 2023

Harold Porcher’s Illustrated Glossary of Modern & Post-War Movements In early 2020 I joined Swann and created the Modern & Post-War Art department. This category…

March 16, 2022

I Am a Black Woman: Elizabeth Catlett & Representation in Art Elizabeth Catlett’s landmark contributions to twentieth-century art begin in the 1940s with a new representation…

December 23, 2020

In a year that was unlike any in our lifetimes, Swann’s specialists and staff proved to be as resilient and innovative as ever, bringing forward new and safe ways to hold…

November 12, 2020

In our November 2020 Contemporary Art sale, we’re honored to offer more than thirty important works from the Collection of Stephen Poleskie, founder of Chiron Press,…

August 30, 2019

Norman Lewis was an Abstract Expressionist painter associated with The Irascibles who developed as a painter as the New York Modern Art scene grew. Here we discuss Lewis's rise…

June 3, 2019

Print Record for Franz Kline in Swann Contemporary   Our May 16 sale of Contemporary Art brought a record price for a Franz Kline print and saw an 81% sell-through rate,…