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Judith Rothschild, Monterey Pine, oil on canvas, 1953. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Modern & Post-War Art

Modern & Post-War Art: May 25, 2023 Auction Highlights

Among the highlights are a large oil by African American abstract painter, Norman Lewis, dated 1966, and an oil from…

The Artists of the WPA

Mural Projects of the New Deal

In times of economic hardship, the United States government has stepped in to create jobs for the unemployed through…

The Artists of the WPA

The Artists of the WPA: February 16, 2023 Auction Highlights

Swann Galleries will open the 2023 winter season on February 16 with the Artists of the WPA. The sale marks the hous…

Modern & Post-War Art

Modern & Post-War Art: Featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene — December 1, 2022 Auction Highlights

Related Reading Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene A special section is devoted to the artwork of Alma Thomas an…

Modern & Post-War Art

Introducing Latinx Art: Carlos Osorio, Nitza Tufiño & More

This season Swann is introducing Latinx Art as a featured category in our May 26 Modern & Post-War Art auction.…

Modern & Post-War Art

Modern & Post-War Art: May 26, 2022 Auction Highlights

This season’s Modern & Post-War Art auction is set to present a broad scope of artistic movements, featuri…

The Artists of the WPA

Harold Porcher’s Specialist Picks: The Artist of the WPA — January 27, 2022

Harold Porcher, Director of Modern & Post-War Art and lead specialist for the Artists of the WPA sale on January…

Modern & Post-War Art

Latin-American Modernists

The end of the nineteenth century brought the Machine Age. Many wonderful innovations such as electrification, the a…

Modern & Post-War Art

Synchromism: Modern Art Conceived by American Artists

When Paul Cezanne left Paris and the Impressionist movement to explore his independent concepts of capturing time an…

Modern & Post-War Art

Harold Porcher’s Debrief on the First Modern & Post-War Art Auction At Swann

On December 3, 2020, we held our first Modern and Post-War Art auction. The sale was met with enthusiasm by collecto…

Modern & Post-War Art

Harold Porcher’s Five Key Artists in the December 3 Modern & Post-War Art Sale

Our Director of Modern & Post-War Art, Harold Porcher, shares his top picks from the December 3 sale—the house&#…

Modern & Post-War Art

Happening November 30: Artists That Went Against The Grain

Starting with H.C. Westermann in Chicago and winding its way through other artists that made a practice of going aga…