May 14, 2020Sarah McMillanOld Master Through Modern Prints A Brief History of the Mixografia Printing Process Read more about A Brief History of the Mixografia Printing Process Sarah McMillan, a cataloguer for Swann, takes us through a brief history of Mixografia, Rufino Tamayo and the lasting impact of the two. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Old Master Prints & Drawings from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg May 5, 2020 Old Master Through Modern Prints Old Master Prints & Drawings from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg At Auction May 21, 2020 Our May 21, 2020 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints opens with a special section—the first hundred lots of the sale—dedicated to fine old… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Old Master Through Modern Prints April 23, 2020 Prints & Drawings Old Master Through Modern Prints With the largest selection of old master prints to be found at auction stateside, this sale offers an array of fine works, notably special section dedicated to fine old master prints and drawings from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg. Nineteenth-century works include Mary Cassatt and James Whistler, and Modernists are represented by Erich Heckel, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Jacques Villon. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Meisterstiche: Albrecht Dürer’s Master Engravings April 14, 2020 Old Master Through Modern Prints Meisterstiche: Albrecht Dürer’s Master Engravings Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I, St. Jerome in His Study and Knight, Death and the Devil, all from 1513-14 and related in size, style and technical complexity, have been considered his master engravings (or Meisterstiche) since their… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Rembrandt Etching of Pieter Haaring Brings a New Record for the Print November 5, 2019 Old Master Through Modern Prints Rembrandt Etching of Pieter Haaring Brings a New Record for the Print With an offering from the past five centuries, our October 29, 2019 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints brought collectors exceptional works from key artists and included Rembrandt etchings from the John Villarino Collection. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Rembrandt Etchings from the John Villarino Collection October 9, 2019 Prints & Drawings Rembrandt Etchings from the John Villarino Collection Old Master Through Modern Prints At Auction October 29 Over the course of his prolific career, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) completed more than 350 etchings and cemented his reputation as… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Fall 2019: Old Master Through Modern Prints October 2, 2019 Prints & Drawings Fall 2019: Old Master Through Modern Prints Old Master works include early tour-de-force impressions by Francisco José de Goya, Albrecht Dürer, Pieter Bruegel, Antonio da Canal, Il Canaletto and Giovanni B. Piranesi. Further highlights in the art of printmaking from the nineteenth through the twentieth century include works by European and American masters Thomas Hart Benton, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Martin Lewis and Henri Matisse. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints May 9, 2019 Old Master Through Modern Prints Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints Zapata Sets Print Record for Diego Rivera at $45k With seven records and a standout selection of Latin American art, our sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints on Thursday, May 2 offered works by the greatest… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Notes from the Catalogue: Latin American Art April 24, 2019 Old Master Through Modern Prints Notes from the Catalogue: Latin American Art Our largest offering of Latin American prints and originals to date comes across the block in our Old Master Through Modern Prints sale May 2. Compiled into a separate catalogue,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints March 13, 2019 Prints & Drawings Upcoming Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints Featuring Latin American Art At Auction May 2 Complete Catalogue A selection of Old Master prints includes highlights from Rembrandt and Albrecht Dürer, as well as iconic engravings from the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about 2018: Year in Review December 21, 2018 Swann 2018: Year in Review A year of records, debuts and rediscovered works. As we reflect on 2018, we look back at an excellent year of auctions. In April we held our highest-grossing African-American Fine Art… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about On Picasso: Printmaker October 22, 2018 Old Master Through Modern Prints On Picasso: Printmaker Swann Galleries’ November 1 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints contains nearly 500 lots, including an impressive selection of works by Pablo Picasso. Among these, two prints stand out: Le… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints May 11, 2018 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints With highlights spanning six centuries, our auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints on May 8 offered works by the greatest innovators in the field. The sale totaled more than… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Rembrandt’s Self-Portraiture in Etchings May 3, 2018 Prints & Drawings Rembrandt’s Self-Portraiture in Etchings The self portraits of Rembrandt van Rijn have been the focus of art historical examination since their creation nearly 400 years ago. Scarce examples from our May 8 auction of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints April 1, 2018 Prints & Drawings A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints At Auction May 8 Old Master Through Modern Prints The highlight of this wide-ranging event from our Prints & Drawings department is Tête de femme, de profil, 1905, an… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints November 4, 2017 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints A new auction record for any print by American master Edward Hopper was established at our auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints on November 2. The extremely rare etching The… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Works from Will Barnet’s Estate at Auction November 1, 2017 Prints & Drawings Works from Will Barnet’s Estate at Auction American artist Will Barnet is known for his intimate, foreshortened views of women with cats, but his oeuvre, spanning nearly a century, reveals a diverse and multifaceted artist who transcended… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Spring 2017 June 16, 2017 Swann Records & Results: Spring 2017 The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benjamin Swann held an auction dedicated to rare and antiquarian books.… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints May 4, 2017 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints On Tuesday, May 2, we offered Old Master Through Modern Prints, with highlights from as long ago as 1495 and as recent as 1959. The top lot of the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Masters of Early Engraving April 28, 2017 Prints & Drawings Masters of Early Engraving Our May 2 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints offers a rare opportunity to see works by some of the earliest scions of European engraving in the same place. Master… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Fall 2016 December 19, 2016 Swann Records & Results: Fall 2016 Fall 2016 has been a successful season at Swann. In 13 sales, we set more than 50 auction records and offered 4,497 lots, including a rediscovered illustration by Dr. Seuss, a… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Though Modern Prints, Featuring Camille Pissarro, Impressionist Icon November 10, 2016 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Though Modern Prints, Featuring Camille Pissarro, Impressionist Icon At least a dozen auction records were set at our three-part sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints, Featuring Camille Pissarro: Impressionist Icon, on November 3. The sale was crowned… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Spotlight on Highlights: Chiaroscuro Woodcuts October 31, 2016 Prints & Drawings Spotlight on Highlights: Chiaroscuro Woodcuts Some of the most intriguing examples in November 3’s Old Master Through Modern Prints auction are sixteenth-century chiaroscuro woodcuts. We asked our Prints & Drawings department to explain the term: … Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Notes from the Catalogue: Camille Pissarro – Father of Impressionism October 21, 2016 Prints & Drawings Notes from the Catalogue: Camille Pissarro – Father of Impressionism Camille Pissarro, the “Father of Impressionism,” was among the most significant contributors to the movement and is remembered for being universally championed by his contemporaries, both artists and critics alike.… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Collector’s Vision: Les Nabis, the Belle Époque & Artist Interaction Seen Through A Private Collection April 26, 2016 Prints & Drawings A Collector’s Vision: Les Nabis, the Belle Époque & Artist Interaction Seen Through A Private Collection While most auctions here at Swann are assembled with artworks and items from a host of different consignors, we also regularly handle entire private collections, such as A Collector’s Vision: Works… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Prints About Town: Three Exhibitions and an Auction April 22, 2016 Old Master Through Modern Prints Prints About Town: Three Exhibitions and an Auction If you can’t get enough of the material coming up in our two-part auction of Old Master through Modern Prints, featuring A Collector’s Vision: Works on Paper from the Belle Époque… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints December 2, 2015 Old Master Through Modern Prints Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints Our biannual sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints on November 4 brought robust results for timeless collector and dealer favorites Picasso, Rembrandt, Dürer and Matisse. Lot 598: Pablo… Share Facebook Twitter
October 25, 2014 Old Master Through Modern Prints Notes from the Catalogue: Diego Rivera’s Printmaking Career Diego Rivera (1886-1957), the painter who helped establish the Mexico Mural Movement and was a leading figure in Social Realism, was born in Guanajuato in North-Central Mexico. In 1897, Rivera… Share Facebook Twitter
April 28, 2014 Old Master Through Modern Prints Dreaming Youths: Oskar Kokoschka’s Transition to Expressionism Among the highlights of our April 29 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints is Oskar Kokoschka’s Die Träumenden Knaben, with text and eight color lithographs, 1906-08. Die Träumenden Knaben (The… Share Facebook Twitter
April 11, 2014 American Art Artwork from the Collection of Artist James D. Smillie Lot 290 in Swann’s April 29 auction is Smillie’s The Rocky Mountains (Lander’s Peak), set of 12 engravings after Albert Bierstadt, progressive proofs, 1865-66. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000. This Spring, Swann… Share Facebook Twitter
May 6, 2013 Old Master Through Modern Prints Top Lots: Old Master Through Modern Prints The first sale in Swann’s very busy May 2013 schedule of auctions was Old Master Through Modern Prints on the first day of the month. George Bellows’s 1917 lithograph A Stag at Sharkey’s brought… Share Facebook Twitter
April 29, 2013 Old Master Through Modern Prints Notes from the Catalogue: Picasso’s Dora Maar Among the highlights of our May 1 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints is a brilliant, richly-inked impression of Pablo Picasso’s aquatint, scraper, burin and drypoint, Femme au fauteuil II: Dora Maar. This extremely… Share Facebook Twitter
April 26, 2013 Old Master Through Modern Prints Full Frontal: Grant Wood’s Sultry Night The last time Swann auctioned Grant Wood’s 1939 lithograph Sultry Night, it brought $36,000–a record price for any print by the artist at auction. Another impression is among the highlights of… Share Facebook Twitter
November 6, 2012 Old Master Through Modern Prints Vincent van Gogh’s Doctor Today’s auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints features an impression of Vincent van Gogh’s only etching, titled Homme à la Pipe: Portrait du Docteur Gachet. Following his clash with Paul Gauguin… Share Facebook Twitter
April 27, 2012 Old Master Through Modern Prints Top Lots: Old Master Through Modern Prints Wednesday’s sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints set several print records and saw strong results throughout every section of the sale, with American, European and Old Master prints achieving benchmark prices.… Share Facebook Twitter
April 20, 2012 Old Master Through Modern Prints Impressive Collection of American Prints in Next Week’s Sale Our April 25 auction of Old Master through Modern Prints contains a small but impressive assortment of American prints and drawings from the collection of a Virginia gentleman. The collector… Share Facebook Twitter
April 16, 2012 Old Master Through Modern Prints Whistler’s Jubilee Set in a Diamond Jubilee Year More than 120 years ago, 1887 marked the 50th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Victoria. James Whistler, then president of the Royal Society of British Artists, was invited to… Share Facebook Twitter