19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

February 7, 2022

Paintings Related Reading: A Brief History of Mixografia Printing Process Prints & Drawings Related Reading: Claude Monet & George William Thornley — A Printmaking…

February 1, 2022

The house opened 2022 with The Artists of the WPA on Thursday, January 27. The follow-up to an inaugural 2021 sale proved the staying power of this special offering with the…

December 22, 2021

As we close out another successful year at Swann we look back at our record-filled sales.

October 13, 2021

Featuring a private collection of Italian old master drawings, as well as English, French, German, Dutch and Northern school drawings from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries.

February 22, 2021

At the end of the nineteenth century, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro rediscovered lithography as a medium both to recreate their artistic conceptions on…

February 10, 2021

Featuring prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures by Mary Cassatt, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Wifredo Lam, Fernand Léger, Martin Lewis, Henri Matisse, Diego Rivera, Egon…

December 23, 2020

In a year that was unlike any in our lifetimes, Swann’s specialists and staff proved to be as resilient and innovative as ever, bringing forward new and safe ways to hold…

August 10, 2020

Our sale of Fine Books & Manuscripts on Thursday, July 30, 2020 boasted high prices across categories with early printed books leading the sale, two records being recorded for…

April 23, 2020

With the largest selection of old master prints to be found at auction stateside, this sale offers an array of fine works, notably special section dedicated to fine old master…

March 9, 2020

Our Thursday, March 5, 2020 sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings saw success: “With more internet bidding, particularly via the Swann App, than any previous sale in the…