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Will Barnet

April 1, 2018|Lauren Kristin|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…

December 28, 2017 | Swann

2017: Year in Review

In our diamond anniversary year, we offered a star-studded roster of 30 auctions, setting nearly 100 records and introducing countless items to the market, including a previously unknown photograph of Harriet…

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…

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…

November 2, 2016 | Contemporary Art

A Louise Bourgeois Rediscovery

Lot 33: Louise Bourgeois, Escalier de 63, lithograph, 1939. Estimate $3,000 to $5,000. It’s not often that an unrecorded print turns out to be the real thing, but in Swann…

May 21, 2014 | American Art

Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats

Lot 232, Barnet’s watercolor and oil, Play, differs from the later print. Among the highlights of our June 12 auction of American Art–and the image that graces the catalogue…