This fall’s semiannual sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings was the highest-grossing sale of its kind at Swann Auction Galleries, demonstrating clearly that the market for quality…
Swann Galleries is pleased to announce a partnership with PROOF: Media for Social Justice, whose annual benefit auction will be held in our auction rooms in June. Over the years, this…
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…
Swann Galleries’ September 23-24 auction contains nearly 800 lots, including an impressive selection of Modern European Prints and Drawings. Among these, works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse stand out, and one of…
The first of its kind at Swann to break $1 Million, the American Art auction on Thursday was our highest-grossing sale in this category ever, with a sale total of…
Last week Swann Galleries had the pleasure of hosting an artist talk with Barkley L. Hendricks, whose “unique work resides at the nexus of American realism and post-modernism, a space…
Thanks to John D. Larson, Swann’s 19th & 20th Century Literature Specialist, for contributing this post: It’s a fine thing (call it geographic serendipity) to share a similar address with someone…
The crowd at the C200 Foundation Auction. Autumn is always a busy auction season here at Swann Galleries, and it seems to be no less busy for the host of…
We are very pleased to post this write-up by Francesca Altamura, who started an internship with the Photographs department this summer. Francesca has spent time curating and contributing to the…
Our upcoming Autographs auction features numerous signatures from founding fathers, presidents, scientists, inventors, writers and musicians. Among the material in the sale related to artists is a timely postcard for…
Thanks to John D. Larson of Swann’s books department for this eye-opening post! Frans von Bayros, Original pen-and-ink drawing, most likely a design for a bookplate, circa 1915. Decadent! Erotic!…
The Americana Exchange, a well regarded San Francisco-based website that tracks book auction prices, recently released a detailed analysis of the 2008 market, covering 78 auction houses across the world,…