All Posts By Swann News

January 27, 2020

Our January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company features nearly 30 market newcomers. Here we've assembled a selection of ten artists whose work is…

January 15, 2020

With the 2020 auction season on the horizon, we sat down with the newest addition to our books and manuscripts department, Devon Eastland, senior specialist for early printed…

December 3, 2019

Our fall 2019 sale of Illustration Art on December 10 features a superb selection of artwork by women, whose contribution to the field is only just beginning to receive the…

December 2, 2019

Sheila Gibson Stoodley, author of The Hot Bid, spoke with our Illustration Art Directors, Christine von der Linn about a special 1973 Charles Addams cartoon published in The New…

November 18, 2019

Your exhibition guide to shows featuring the women of the Abstract Expressionist movement and beyond.

October 10, 2019

Swann Galleries' Fall 2019 auction of African-American Fine resulted in nine new auction records, supported by a room brimming with bidders—in fact, there were just enough chairs…

September 4, 2019

With a proclivity to the grim, grisly and gruesome, Charles Addams walked through life illuminating its incongruous funny bones and sore spots. Here we discuss his contributions…

August 30, 2019

Norman Lewis was an Abstract Expressionist painter associated with The Irascibles who developed as a painter as the New York Modern Art scene grew. Here we discuss Lewis's rise…

May 10, 2019

Roy Lichtenstein is known for his commercial art-inspired works that provided parody through Pop Art and elevated the art of cartooning. Though all of his work maintains the…

August 7, 2018

Poster Passion Leads to a Successful Auction    Our August 1 Vintage Poster sale set at least six auction records, including a new high price for Sutro Baths. The exhibition…