Old Master Through Modern Prints

December 19, 2023

Swann Galleries continued to offer exceptional auctions of quality material in 2023. The year featured several collections, including a special selection of 100 works from the…

October 11, 2023

Old Master Prints The November 2, 2023, auction begins with a selection of classic prints by old master artists from Albrecht Dürer to Rembrandt van Rijn and Giovanni B. Piranesi…

April 11, 2023

Perhaps the most impressive offering in our nineteenth century section is the original first edition of Francisco de Goya’s monumental Los Desastres de la…

January 3, 2023

2022 was a historic year for Swann in more ways than one. The house celebrated its 80th year of auctions, bringing with it the 70th anniversary of the first photography auction to…

October 31, 2022

Swann prints and drawings director, Todd Weyman, provides an overview of op-artist M.C. Escher’s career Maurits Cornelis Escher, more commonly known as just M.C. Escher…

October 12, 2022

Among the nineteenth century offerings are a group of scarce etchings by James A. M. Whistler and Edouard Manet, Impressionist prints by Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas,…

April 18, 2022

An artist’s early career is often filled with many hardships and struggles — this was true for the Old Masters of the 16th century and the Modern stalwarts breaking ground…

April 13, 2022

Nestled among the outstanding selection of fine Rembrandt etchings in the Old Master through Modern Prints auction this season, is a gem-like drawing, newly-discovered and…

March 21, 2022

Old Master Prints The rich assortment of top quality Old Master prints includes many lifetime impressions by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Giovanni B. Piranesi and Francisco…

December 22, 2021

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