September 4, 2019Sarah McMillan19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Collecting American Prints: Property from Betty & Douglas Duffy, of the Bethesda Art Gallery Read more about Collecting American Prints: Property from Betty & Douglas Duffy, of the Bethesda Art Gallery Swann Galleries’ sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on September 19 features property from Betty and Douglas Duffy, of the Bethesda Art Gallery and highlights American printmakers such as Howard Cook, Thomas Hart Benton, Rockwell Kent and John Sloan. 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 Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints November 5, 2018 Old Master Through Modern Prints Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints Picasso Tops Old Master Through Modern Prints Auction at Swann Scarce Rembrandt Etching Draws Major Interest Our sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints opened with lively bidding in… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Swann Summer Reading List 2018 June 28, 2018 Swann Swann Summer Reading List 2018 Our Summer Reading List is back for 2018! Here’s what some of us are cracking into in the off-season. Nicholas D. Lowry, President & Principal Auctioneer Noah Charney… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art April 1, 2018 American Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art At Auction June 14 This highly curated sale of American Art presents original works in a variety of media, including drawings, watercolors and sculpture. Offerings range from nineteenth-century paintings… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings October 4, 2017 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings We opened our fall season with a marathon sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, breaking multiple records and earning more than $2.6M. The September 19 auction offered… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about East Hampton Artists May 10, 2017 Contemporary Art East Hampton Artists The community of East Hampton has long been known as an avant-garde artist enclave. Our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art features a century’s worth of output by artists who… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Thomas Hart Benton Links Pollock and Rubens May 3, 2017 Autographs Thomas Hart Benton Links Pollock and Rubens In 1926, Thomas Hart Benton was a teacher at the Art Students League of New York. Disappointed by the lack of a painting manual, he set about writing his own.… 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: American Prints from a Private Collection November 19, 2015 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Records & Results: American Prints from a Private Collection Our recent auction of American Prints from a Private Collection saw numerous auction records, especially for artists like Gustave Baumann and Martin Lewis, who built their career making prints. Todd… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Works by American Print Masters August 5, 2015 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Works by American Print Masters The first half of the twentieth century produced a great number of American print masters and a shift in their focus. Prior to this period, American artists used printmaking mainly for… Share Facebook Twitter
September 18, 2014 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings The U.S. Scene: Thomas Hart Benton and American Regionalism Lot 367: a Self-Portrait of Thomas Hart Benton. Our September 23 auction offers a particularly strong selection of American Regionalist examples including an extensive collection of Thomas Hart Benton lithographs.… Share Facebook Twitter
June 10, 2011 American Art Jared French Tops American Art / Contemporary Art Jared French’s Siren brought $138,000; the third highest auction price ever for a Jared French painting. The top lot in yesterday’s auction of American Art and Contemporary Art was Jared French’s… Share Facebook Twitter
May 25, 2011 American Art Summer Vacation Landscapes After an interminably long winter, Memorial Day weekend is almost here. While this year’s winter seemed unusually harsh, and spring’s allergies abnormally potent, the escapist urge presents itself like clockwork… Share Facebook Twitter