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Browsing Tag Modern & Post-War Art

May 24, 2025

Global Artists Lead the Way in Modern & Post-War Art The Thursday, May 22 sale of Modern & Post-War Art brought $477,418 with a 72% sell-through rate by lot, with top…

May 19, 2025

We humans are adaptable. In conceiving creations, the artist must consider the space where the artwork will exist. Scale is an important factor in art, both in its creation and…

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.

November 20, 2024

Swann Galleries is very proud to have been the first auction house to sell the paintings of the great late Barkley Hendricks beginning in 2009. We were also the first auction…

November 8, 2024

Picking a favorite work of art in our season’s auction lineup is kind of like picking a favorite puppy in a litter. I love them all in different ways, and if I could, I would take…

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…

September 12, 2024

“Isadora was my strongest weakness. She was like music. When she moved, it was like the sound of violins,” said Russian-American painter Abraham Walkowitz of his muse, modern…

July 15, 2024

In the 2024 Winter-Spring season, Swann Galleries continued to provide high-quality auctions of unusual and rare material. Several single-owner collections were featured,…

April 22, 2024

Harold Porcher’s Illustrated Glossary of Modern & Post-War Movements II The post-war era of art, as an auction category, is simply a construct used to differentiate art…

March 21, 2024

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