December’s Illustration Art sale marks ten full years of auctions since the department’s inception. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve included many of the illustrators who…
Related Reading Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene A special section is devoted to the artwork of Alma Thomas and her Washington, DC contemporaries. The centerpiece…
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…
Abstract Expressionists & Pop Art Signature works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell represent Abstract…
Romana Javitz was curator of The New York Public Library's Picture Collection from 1928 to 1968, where she assembled one of the most historically important and artistically…
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,…
Swann Galleries’ October 6, 2022 sale of African American Art delivered $3.7M with auction debuts and records for artists in the top 15 lots of the auction.
Director Nigel Freeman shares his top eight lots to watch in the October 8, 2022 sale. Jacob Lawrence’s Westchester Graduation Ball, 1951 In June 1951, Westchester African…
Related Reading Modernist highlights include a wonderful drawing by Jacob Lawrence, a scarce stone carving by Marion Perkins, and a significant welded steel sculpture by Harold…
