June 24, 2020Sarah McMillanContemporary Art Abstract Art: 1940s Through Now Read more about Abstract Art: 1940s Through Now Abstract forms have in many ways always been part of artistic composition, and the early twentieth century saw a push towards works rendered solely through colors and forms following centuries of a general yearning… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about New Record for Richmond Barthé in June 4, 2020 Sale of African-American Fine Art June 11, 2020 African-American Fine Art New Record for Richmond Barthé in June 4, 2020 Sale of African-American Fine Art Our sale of African-American Fine Art on June 4, 2020 was met with much fanfare, despite an online-only format due to social distancing guidelines in New York City. The sale… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about African-American Fine Art: June 2020 Highlights March 6, 2020 African-American Fine Art African-American Fine Art: June 2020 Highlights At Auction June 4, 2020* *This auction has been rescheduled from its original date, and will now be held on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM ET, previewing online… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about From Abstract Expressionists to Color Field Painters—African-American Fine Art: Fall 2019 August 26, 2019 African-American Fine Art From Abstract Expressionists to Color Field Painters—African-American Fine Art: Fall 2019 Abstraction features heavily in our October 2019 sale of African-American Fine Art, including first-generation abstract expressionist Norman Lewis, alongside artists Sam Gilliam and Kenneth Victor Young of the Washington Color School. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: African-American Fine Art April 9, 2019 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art Artist Records for Amos, Leigh, Lovelace O’Neal, Pindell & More We saw strong results for African-American Fine Art on Thursday, April 4. Nigel Freeman, the house’s director of African-American Fine Art, noted, “I was happy to see… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art August 10, 2018 African-American Fine Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art At Auction October 4 Complete Catalogue Highlights from our upcoming selection of fine art by African-American masters. Elizabeth Catlett Works by figurative greats include the earliest sculpture… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art January 30, 2018 African-American Fine Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art Two highlights of this sale on April 5 are significant, vibrant paintings by modernist New York artists. Beauford Delaney’s large Untitled (Village Street Scene), 1948, depicts a Greenwich Village corner in… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: African-American Fine Art October 11, 2017 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art Four works exceeded $100,000 at our sale of African-American Fine Art on Thursday, October 5. A wealth of unique paintings, drawings and monotypes distinguished the sale of approximately 150 lots, nearly… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Specialists in the Field: Nigel Freeman at the Tate August 1, 2017 African-American Fine Art Specialists in the Field: Nigel Freeman at the Tate Nigel Freeman, founder and director of our African-American Fine Art department, is in London this week visiting some familiar images. Two of the works in the Tate Modern’s latest exhibition, Soul of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: African-American Fine Art April 11, 2017 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art The crowd was standing-room only at our April 6 auction of African-American Fine Art. The sale totaled more than $2.5M, with five of the top lots breaking previous auction records, all… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: African-American Fine Art October 12, 2016 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art Our much-anticipated fall sale of African-American Fine Art was last Thursday, October 6. Works sold to a packed room, in addition to fierce competition over the phone and online. Eight… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about 2015-16: A Year of Records August 16, 2016 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… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: African-American Fine Art January 19, 2016 African-American Fine Art Records & Results: African-American Fine Art The December 15 sale of African-American Fine Art ended the 2015 season here at Swann with record-smashing success. Lot 49: Norman Lewis, Untitled, oil on canvas, circa 1958. Sold December… Share Facebook Twitter
April 9, 2015 African-American Fine Art Records & Results; Ascension: A Century of African-American Art The top lot at our recent auction, Ascension: A Century of African-American Fine Art was Barkley Hendricks’s Steve, an iconic painting that embodies the look and attitude that Hendricks famously captured… Share Facebook Twitter